🐠 Red Coris Wrasse (Coris gaimard)
Vivid Orange-Red Juveniles With White Saddles • Speckled Blue-Green Adults With a Yellow Tail • A Bold, Dynamic Fish-Only Centrepiece
 
📋 The Red Coris Wrasse, also known as the Clown Wrasse or Yellowtail Coris, is one of the most dramatic transformation fish in the marine hobby: juveniles enter the trade as small, vivid orange-red fish with bold white saddle markings, gradually developing into large, speckled blue-green adults with a bright yellow tail as they mature.
It comes from reef environments across the Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, and Hawaiian Islands, an active, constantly moving fish that hunts through sand and rubble for small invertebrates throughout the day, and buries itself completely in soft substrate at night or when startled. Every Red Coris Wrasse we ship is feeding well.
It's naturally bold and active, earning its popularity through personality and visual transformation, though it comes with two commitments worth understanding: adults can reach a substantial 25-35cm or more in captivity, and this species actively hunts and eats snails, hermit crabs, shrimp, and small sea urchins, making it unsuitable for reef tanks with desirable invertebrates. It's best suited to a spacious fish-only or fish-only-with-live-rock aquarium with a deep, soft sand bed. It reaches up to 38cm, so plan on at least 450L.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Dramatic Colour Transformation: Vivid orange juveniles mature into speckled blue-green adults with a yellow tail
🐟 Active, Confident Swimmer: Constant movement and strong personality make it a centrepiece fish
🧠 A Natural Pest Hunter: Actively hunts bristle worms and other nuisance invertebrates
⚠️ Not Reef Safe: Will eat snails, hermit crabs, shrimp, and small urchins
📏 Large Adult Size: Requires significant long-term tank space