atlantica, Coris Günther [A.] 1862:197 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Sierra Leone. Syntypes: BMNH 1851.2.14.14 (1), BMNH 1855.12.26.408-410 (3). •Synonym of Coris julis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:432 [ref. 7204], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:872 [ref. 19219]). •Valid as Julis atlantica (Günther 1862) -- (Kuiter 2010:311 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Coris atlantica Günther 1862 -- (Afonso et al. 1999:77 [ref. 25466], Parenti & Randall 2000:14 [ref. 24943], Guillemaud et al. 2000:929 [ref. 24996], Wirtz et al. 2007:37 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32972], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2742 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:243 [ref. 38139], Baptista et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38204], Fermon et al. 2022:289 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Coris atlantica Günther 1862. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to central Angola, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.