Spottail Coris
Coris caudimacula
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Coris
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 23 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 14 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 8 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 10 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 11 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 10 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 15 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 36 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 19 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 36 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 76 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Eilat, Israel - 4 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records