Coris venusta Elegant coris

Coris venusta is commonly referred to as Elegant coris. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Coris venusta
German:: Eleganter Lippfisch
English:: Elegant Coris

Category:: Wrasses

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Coris (Genus) > venusta (Species)
Initial determination:: Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

Occurrence:: Central Pazific, Endemic species, Hawaii, Midway Islands
Sea depth:: 2 - 10 Meter
Size:: 5.91" - 7.48" (15cm - 19cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Brine Shrimps, Chitons, Clams, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Foraminifers, Frozen Food (large sort), Hermit crabs, Isopods, Krill, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms
Tank:: 439.96 gal (~ 2000L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-03-13 10:59:10
Last edit:: 2018-12-31 11:41:14

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Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

Common in shallow sand and rubble areas. Feeds on bivalves, gastropods, crabs, sea urchins, heart urchins, hermit crabs, shrimps, polychaetes, amphipods, isopods, chitons and foraminiferans.

Synonym:
Hemicoris remedius Jenkins, 1901

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Coris (Genus) > Coris venusta (Species)

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!