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Kuhlia munda in New Caledonia
Silver flagtail

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Kuhlia munda   (De Vis, 1884)
Family:	Kuhliidae (Aholeholes)			picture (Kumun_u0.jpg) by Pöllabauer, C.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Silver flagtail
Max. size:	13.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41640)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Oceania: Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 11-11. Preorbital serrae 14-21; body depth 2.55-2.85 in SL; orbit diameter 2.55-2.8 in head length; maxilla usually reaching to below anterior margin of pupil; caudal concavity 2.5-3.0 in head length. Silvery, front of lips and upper half of snout blackish; caudal fin yellow with a very broad black posterior margin, the upper and lower margins narrowly black, but broadening towards base, often connecting across base of fin (Ref. 41640).
Biology:	Found inshore (Ref. 75154)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Randall, J.E. and H.A. Randall. 2001. (Ref. 41640)
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New Caledonia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Séret, B., 1997
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	live export:
Comments:	Live in small groups, mostly in brackish waters. Quite common in the small creeks (Ref. 52351). Also Ref. 13246.
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Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nc.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Randall, J.E. and H.A. Randall, 2001
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	Checked:  Busson, Frédéric	Modified:  Busson, Frédéric	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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