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Kuhliidae (Aholeholes)
Etymology: Kuhlia: Because of Heindrich Kuhl, 1797-1821; researcher also with lizards (Gekkonidae).
Eponymy: Dr Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821) was a German naturalist and zoologist. [...] Arthur Petit was a Pharmacist’s Mate (a rank in the US Navy), who helped Leonard Schultz collect fishes on Canton and Enderbury Islands (now in Kiribati). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Schultz.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 89972). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: known only from the Phoenix, Marquesas, and Malden Islands. Possibly in other southern Line Islands and in the northern Cook Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41640)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Preorbital serrae 11-20; body depth 2.6-3.1 in SL; maxilla ending beneath anterior third of eye; caudal concavity 2.0-2.4 in head length. Silvery, front of snout and chin a little blackish; naked part of caudal fin black with a large C-shaped, white marking basally in each lobe, the lobe tips white; outer part of anterior half of soft portion of dorsal fin broadly blackish (nearly half of first few rays and adjacent membranes blackish) (Ref. 41640).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Feeds on zooplanktons (Ref. 89972).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. (Ref. 41640)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 27.7 - 29, mean 28.1 °C (based on 105 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00597 - 0.03345), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
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