Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 35 cm
- 🌊 lagoons and reef slopes
The yellowtail coris is one of the most colourful wrasses: juveniles are red with large white spots edged in blue, while adults become green-blue with a yellow tail. This radical change of appearance often fools observers.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called poʻou pataitai. The same fish can look very different depending on its age.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Coris bariolé.
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