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Doubleheader
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Coris
Species:	C. bulbifrons
Binomial name
Coris bulbifrons J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982

The doubleheader (Coris bulbifrons) is a large species of wrasse in the Southern Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Etymology

The specific epithet bulbifrons comes from the latin words "bulbus" (meaning swelling or bump), and "frons" (meaning forehead). Both the scientific name and the common name "doubleheader" allude to the large hump that develops on the foreheads of both males and females.

Distribution

Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Middleton Reef, and more rarely, New South Wales.

Description

The doubleheader is the largest species in the genus Coris, growing up to a meter in length and weighing up to 14 lbs. Both sexes develop a prominent hump on the forehead.

Diet

Remains of gastropods, bivalves, and crabs have been observed in the gut contents of this species.

References

1. ^ Randall, John E.; Kuiter, Rudie H. (1982-04). "Three New Labrid Fishes of the Genus Coris from the Western Pacific". Pacific Science. 36 (2). ISSN 0030-8870. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)