Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b8ca4113-c802-4685-b791-509ae37b7861

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Coris sandeyeri
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: J.E. Randall
Rights: J.E. Randall

Description

The Eastern King Wrasse has very small scales and a distinctive colour pattern. Like many wrasses (Family Labridae) the colour pattern changes with growth. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Images
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author

Images

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Coris sandeyeri	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Cymolutes sandeyeri Hector, 1884	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Hector, J. 1884. Notes on New Zealand ichthyology. Trans. Proc. N.Z. Inst. Vol. 16 (25) pp. 322-323
Coris rex Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1886. Description of a new Coris. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 10 (4) pp. 851-852

Common Names

Common name	Source
Eastern King Wrasse Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
King Wrasse Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Sandager's Wrasse Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Coris sandeyeri (Hector, 1884)

Eastern King Wrasse