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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
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 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.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 41640)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 11 - 12; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 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).
Feeds on zooplanktons (Ref. 89972).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Menace pour l'homme
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 = 0.5002 [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).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).