Coris atlantica Günther, 1862

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 289

Coris atlantica Günther, 1862

Coris julis (non Linnaeus, 1758) [Misapplied�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 25 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 5-50 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: found along the West African coastline southwards from at least Senegal to Gabon in the Gulf of Guinea, and around the Cape Verde Islands and São Tome Príncipe. Records during scientific dives as Coris julis but are probably misidentifications of C. atlantica (De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. com.).