Kuhlia munda (De Vis, 1884)
Silver flagtail
photo by Ryan, P.

Family:  Kuhliidae (Aholeholes)
Max. size:  13.4 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range - 2 m
Distribution:  Western Central Pacific: from the Ryukyus, Ogasawara, New Guinea, Vanuatu, eastern Australia, New Caledonia, and Fiji to Tahiti.
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); also in brackish waters and ascends to middle reaches of rivers (Ref. 559)..
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 04 September 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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