Queen coris
Coris formosa
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 16 diving areas across 10 countries and 2 regions.
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 6 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 39 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 4 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records