#2180 · 🐟 fish

Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse

🇳🇱 Regenbooglipvis ·Coris julis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
3. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © francescochiaromonte · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY 4.0
7. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Erik Schlögl · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © tim h · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Mediterranean rainbow wrasse ( Coris julis ) is a small, colourful fish in the family Labridae. It can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the northeast Atlantic Ocean from Sweden to Senegal (though it is a rare wanderer to the southern British Isles). Records of this species south from Senegal and the Cape Verde Islands are actually the closely related Coris atlantica .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,170iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,170 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).