> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**::
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Labriformes
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Labridae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Coris
**Species**:: C. julis
**Vernacular**:: Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
## Photos
*[135 - 2023-07-22 - Grottes fauconières - Saint Cyr - France](135%20-%202023-07-22%20-%20Grottes%20fauconières%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - This individual is a female. There's a sexual dimorphism on this species. The male is rainbow colored, thus the vernacular name. Very common fish, but fast and difficult to picture.*
## Notes
This species is a fish that cleans other fishes. It has been seen cleaning a Mola Mola in Port-Cros.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Coris-julis-Girelle-commune-651
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p467