Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856)

Common Names

Coris batuensis, commonly called the Batu coris, has several other common names: the Batu rainbow-wrasse, the variegated wrasse, the dapple coris, the pallid wrasse, Schroeder's coris, Schroeder's rainbow wrasse, the variegated rainbowfish, and the yellow wrasse.

Species and Distribution

This is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, found from the African coast to the Marshall Islands, and from southern Japan to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Tonga.

Habitat and Depth Range

It lives on coral reefs and the areas surrounding reefs, at depths ranging from 2 to 30 meters (6.6 to 98.4 feet), and it becomes much rarer at depths greater than 15 meters (49 feet).

Maximum Length

This species can grow to a total length of 17 centimeters (6.7 inches).

Human Uses

It has minor importance to local commercial fisheries, and is also sold in the aquarium trade.