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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>The genus <i>Kuhlia</i> is named for the <a href="/facts/German_people/F7mBCrJ4">German</a> <a href="/facts/Zoologist/6Kj13mBt">zoologist</a> <a href="/facts/Heinrich_Kuhl/Xz5gbv7a">Heinrich Kuhl</a> (1797–1821).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>The distinctive characteristic of these fish is a scaly sheath around the <a href="/facts/Dorsal_fin/zAPuxI1G">dorsal</a> and <a href="/facts/Anal_fin/kS10PMPf">anal fins</a>. The dorsal fin is deeply notched between the 10 spines and the 9 to 13 soft rays. The <a href="/facts/Opercle/zKrTfJUm">opercle</a> has two spines, and the anal fin three. Their bodies are compressed and silvery, and they tend to be small, growing to 50 cm at most. </p><p>During the day, they usually school, dispersing at night to feed on free-swimming fish and <a href="/facts/Crustacean/PBobIVJP">crustaceans</a>. </p> <h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>The currently recognized species in this genus are:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Kuhlia caudavittata</i> (<a href="/facts/Bernard_Germain_%C3%89tienne_De_La_Ville,_Comte_De_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de/3G5EEL32">Lacépède</a>, 1802)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kuhlia_malo/bfMkprpS">Kuhlia malo</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Achille_Valenciennes/6Y6VAjA5">Valenciennes</a>, 1831)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kuhlia_marginata/r5jXY4GP">Kuhlia marginata</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Georges_Cuvier/4mmE7NzN">G. Cuvier</a>, 1829) (spotted or dark-margined flagtail)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kuhlia_mugil/D9zXKn5a">Kuhlia mugil</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Johann_Reinhold_Forster/BRw9NJc0">J. R. Forster</a>, 1801) (barred flagtail)</li> <li><i>Kuhlia munda</i> (<a href="/facts/Charles_Walter_De_Vis/bCI7rJIS">De Vis</a>, 1884) (silver flagtail)</li> <li><i>Kuhlia nutabunda</i> Kendall & <a href="/facts/Lewis_Radcliffe/vuREIQwj">Radcliffe</a>, 1912 (Rapanui flagtail)</li> <li><i>Kuhlia petiti</i> <a href="/facts/Leonard_Peter_Schultz/bvLKNs4K">L. P. Schultz</a>, 1943</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kuhlia_rupestris/zdQoVJX9">Kuhlia rupestris</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Bernard_Germain_%C3%89tienne_De_La_Ville,_Comte_De_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de/3G5EEL32">Lacépède</a>, 1802) (rock flagtail, jungle perch)</li> <li><i>Kuhlia salelea</i> <a href="/facts/Leonard_Peter_Schultz/bvLKNs4K">L. P. Schultz</a>, 1943</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kuhlia_sandvicensis/58Wts0CA">Kuhlia sandvicensis</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Franz_Steindachner/mw2vB4fJ">Steindachner</a>, 1876) (Hawaiian flagtail)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><i>Kuhlia sauvagii</i> <a href="/facts/Charles_Tate_Regan/lKATc9x4">Regan</a>, 1913</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kuhlia_xenura/N03uoeaX">Kuhlia xenura</a></i> (<a href="/facts/David_Starr_Jordan/qLNo5UIR">D. S. Jordan</a> & <a href="/facts/Charles_Henry_Gilbert/EmygNM5D">C. H. Gilbert</a>, 1882)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kuhliidae. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Mary Kawena Pukui and Elbert (2003). "lookup of āhole". on Hawaiian dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2010. <a href="/wiki/Mary_Kawena_Pukui" target="_blank">/wiki/Mary_Kawena_Pukui</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Mary Kawena Pukui and Elbert (2003). "lookup of āholehole". on Hawaiian dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2010. <a href="/wiki/Mary_Kawena_Pukui" target="_blank">/wiki/Mary_Kawena_Pukui</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kuhlia rupestris". FishBase. December 2019 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kuhlia". FishBase. August 2013 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Randall, J.E. and H.A. Randall, 2001. Review of the fishes of the genus Kuhlia (Perciformes: Kuhliidae) of the Central Pacific. Pac. Sci. 55(3):227-256. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Randall, J.E. and H.A. Randall, 2001. Review of the fishes of the genus Kuhlia (Perciformes: Kuhliidae) of the Central Pacific. Pac. Sci. 55(3):227-256. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>