Coris picta

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Coris picta
Coris picta, male, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Coris picta, female, Montague Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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Coris picta, juvenile, Lord Howe Is, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Coris picta, Small juvenile, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Coris picta, adult, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Coris picta

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 (36.8% 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