About Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856)
Coris batuensis, commonly called the Batu coris, has several other common names: the Batu rainbow-wrasse, the variegated wrasse, the dapple coris, the pallid wrasse, Schroeder's coris, Schroeder's rainbow wrasse, the variegated rainbowfish, and the yellow wrasse. This is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, found from the African coast to the Marshall Islands, and from southern Japan to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Tonga. It lives on coral reefs and the areas surrounding reefs, at depths ranging from 2 to 30 meters (6.6 to 98.4 feet), and it becomes much rarer at depths greater than 15 meters (49 feet). This species can grow to a total length of 17 centimeters (6.7 inches). It has minor importance to local commercial fisheries, and is also sold in the aquarium trade.
