Coris batuensis

Coris batuensis, the Batu coris, also known as the Batu rainbow-wrasse, the variegated wrasse, the dapple coris, pallid wrasse, Schroeder's coris, Schroeder's rainbow wrasse, variegated rainbowfish or yellow wrasse,^[2] is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the African coast to the Marshall Islands and from southern Japan to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Tonga. This species is an inhabitant of coral reefs and surrounding areas at depths from 2 to 30 m (6.6 to 98.4 ft), though it is rarer deeper than 15 m (49 ft). It can reach 17 cm (6.7 in) in total length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[3]

Coris batuensis
Adult (top) and juvenile (bottom)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Coris
Species:	C. batuensis
Binomial name
Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856)
Synonyms
Julis batuensis Bleeker, 1856 Hemicoris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) Julis schroederii Bleeker, 1858 Coris schroederi (Bleeker, 1858) Coris pallida Macleay, 1881 Coris papuensis Macleay, 1883 Coris coronata De Vis, 1885 Platyglossus punctatus De Vis, 1885