Coris picta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Comb wrasse
Comb wrasse,  Australian comb wrasse,  Bananafish,  Combfish
Coris picta
photo by Banks, I.

Family:  Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Corinae
Max. size:  25 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  reef-associated; marine
Distribution:  Western Pacific: Australia (southern Queensland to northern Victoria, Lord Howe Island), Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands, and New Zealand. Coris musume, which was formerly considered as a synonym or subspecies, occurs in Japan (from Tokyo to Nagasaski), Ogasawara and Taiwan.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits fairly deep sandy bottoms around rocky reefs.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Ranges from southern Queensland to northern Victoria, including Lord Howe Island (Ref. 9002). Museum: Queensland: Moreton Bay, Bribie I., QM 11365; Flinders Reef, QM I.19068. New South Wales: Bass Point, Shell Harbor, AMS I.17229-002; Seal Rocks, AMS I.17123-001; Clovelly Pool, Sydney, AMS IB.7809-11; Little Bay, Sydney, AMS I.7229; Bundeena, AMS IB.4295; Jervis Bay, AMS I.8214, BPBM 18018. Middleton Reef, CAS 49139. Lord Howe I., AMS I.1675, I.3116, I.5121, IB.7269, I.13672, BPBM 14774, 14751, 14921, SU 9167, USNM 47793, 47823 (Ref. 33411). Also Ref. 43239.


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