Coris picta
Comb wrasse | Australian Comb Wrasse | Banana Wrasse | Bananafish | Combfish
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Distribution
Temperate Australasia, Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
White with a broad black stripe from snout to tail, becoming jagged along bottom edge with age, continuing onto tail fin leaving top and bottom lobes white and becomes yellow on tail in adults. Develops an orange stripe from top of head along base of dorsal fin, which becomes darker with age.
Information
Max Size: 25 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 15.3-25.2°C
Depth: 3-25 m
Habitat Generalization Index: 13.03
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Common (43.3% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (3 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields