Species that contain: Coris and cuvieri [ 3 ] records

africana, Coris gaimard Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:119, Pls. 1A-2A; Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 8; ref. 12170] Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 87. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (not researched). •Synonym of Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard 1824), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Dor 1984:201 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:692 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:53 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Coris africana Smith 1957 -- (Randall et al. 1990:313 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:274 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:406 [ref. 24106], Fricke & Durville 2021:34 [ref. 38902]). •Synonym of Coris cuvieri (Bennett 1831) -- (Randall 1999:25 [ref. 24043], Parenti & Randall 2000:15 [ref. 24943], Golani & Fricke 2018:124 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:192 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Coris cuvieri (Bennett 1831). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

cuvieri, Julis Bennett [E. T.] 1831:128 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 16794] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.12.26.416. •Valid as Allocoris cuvieri (Bennett 1831) -- (Kuiter 2010:321 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Coris cuvieri (Bennett 1831) -- (Randall 1999:25 [ref. 24043], Fricke 1999:409 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:15 [ref. 24943], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:406 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:334 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:85 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:220 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:662 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:281 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:124 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:19 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:169 [ref. 40104], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Fricke & Durville 2021:34 [ref. 38902], Randall & Victor 2022:192 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Coris cuvieri (Bennett 1831). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Andaman Sea and Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

stellatus, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:499 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN A-8290 (1, dry), A-8291 (1, dry), A-8292 (1, dry), A-9271 (1) Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:69-70 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Coris cuvieri (Bennett 1831) -- (Randall 1999:25 [ref. 24043], Fricke 1999:409 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:15 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:192 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Coris cuvieri (Bennett 1831). Labridae. Habitat: marine.