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Coris julis (Wrasse; Rainbow wrasse; Mediterranean rainbowfish; Mediterranean rainbow wrasse; African rainbow wrasse)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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 absent from the British Isles). Records of this species south from Senegal and the Cape Verde Islands are actually the closely related Coris atlantica. It feeds on amphipods, isopods, sea urchins, polychaete, shrimps, and small gastropods.
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Infraspecies

Julis giofredi var. giofredi
Julis mediterranea var. mediterranea

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone 84204 England, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Arbacia lixula (Black Sea Urchin)[1]
Paracentrotus lividus (Purple sea urchin)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Diplodus sargus (White seabream)2
Labrus bergylta (Ballan wrasse)2
Pagellus acarne (Spanish seabream)1
Symphodus tinca (painted wrasse)1
Thalassoma pavo (peacock wrasse)1

Predators

Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)[3]
Phycis phycis (Fork-beard)[3]
Synodus saurus (Atlantic lizardfish)[3]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Consumers of sea urchins, Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula, in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs, Paolo Guidetti, Helgol Mar Res (2004) 58:110–116
♦ 2Fish predators and scavengers of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in protected areas of the north-west Mediterranean Sea, E. Sala, Marine Biology (1997) 129: 531-539
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0