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Family Kuhliidae - Aholeholes

Order:

Perciformes

Class:

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

No. of Genera:

No. of Species:

Environment:

Fresh: Yes Brackish: Yes Marine: Yes

Aquarium:

none

First Fossil Record:

Ref.:

Remark:

Distribution: Indo-Pacific. One freshwater species Kuhlia rupestris. Well-developed scaly sheath on dorsal and anal fins. Dorsal fin with a deep notch; 10 spines, 9-12 soft rays. Anal fin 3 spines, 9-13 soft rays.. Without a scaly pelvic axillary process. Two spines on opercle. Vertebrae 25. Small compressed silvery fishes, in schools in surgy areas by day, dispersed to feed on free-swimming crustaceans at night. Juveniles often in tidepools. Maximum length 50 cm. Assumed to be non-guarders (RF).

Etymology:

After Heinrich Kuhl, 1797-1821; assistant of Coenraad Jakob Tenminck; he also gave names to some lizards, (Gekkonidae)

Division:

Marine

Reproductive guild:

nonguarders

Main Ref.:

Nelson, J.S..1994

Coordinator:

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