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Juvenile Yellowtail Coris This is a juvenile Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard.<br /> <br /> The adult of this species can be seen here :<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/46865/yellowtail_coris_-_coris_gaimard.html" title="Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2994/46865_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=cjcX%2FDB7qnIjyuIjLoBsuN1oimg%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard This Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard can reach 40 cm (16 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 20 cm (7.9 in). As a juvenile, it is a bright red colour with large, black-margined white spots. As an adult, it has a pink face and fins, with the exception of the tail fin, which is bright yellow. The body is green towards the anterior darkening and decorated with bright blue specks towards the caudal peduncle. The fish also gains a very bright orange anterior when it grows into adulthood, and has a drastically shaded body in the posterior region that is dotted with obscenely bright blue spots ringed with dark blue. Anilao,Coris,Coris gaimard,Fall,Fish,Geotagged,Philippines,Wrasse,coris gaimard" /></a></figure><br /> Cebu,Coris,Coris gaimard,Fish,Geotagged,Malapascua,Philippines,Spring,Wrasse,coris gaimard Click/tap to enlarge

Juvenile Yellowtail Coris

This is a juvenile Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard.

The adult of this species can be seen here :

Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard This Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard can reach 40 cm (16 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 20 cm (7.9 in). As a juvenile, it is a bright red colour with large, black-margined white spots. As an adult, it has a pink face and fins, with the exception of the tail fin, which is bright yellow. The body is green towards the anterior darkening and decorated with bright blue specks towards the caudal peduncle. The fish also gains a very bright orange anterior when it grows into adulthood, and has a drastically shaded body in the posterior region that is dotted with obscenely bright blue spots ringed with dark blue. Anilao,Coris,Coris gaimard,Fall,Fish,Geotagged,Philippines,Wrasse,coris gaimard

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The Yellowtail wrasse

''Coris gaimard'', the yellowtail wrasse or African coris, among other vernacular names, is a species of wrasse native to the tropical waters of the central Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, from Christmas Islands and Cocos Keeling Islands to the Society Islands, Hawaii, and from Japan to Australia.

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Similar species: Perch-like Fishes
Species identified by Albert Kang
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Uploaded May 27, 2017. Captured May 18, 2017 10:46 in Unnamed Road, Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines.
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  • TG-4
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 18mm