Silver Flagtail, Kuhlia munda (De Vis 1884)
A Silver Flagtail, Kuhlia munda, in an aquarium. Source: Paddy Ryan / http://www.ryanphotographic.com/. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A silvery flagtail with a blackish snout and lips, and a yellow caudal fin with a dark fin-base and a broad dark posterior margin.
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Dianne J. Bray, Kuhlia munda in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4455
Silver Flagtail, Kuhlia munda (De Vis 1884)
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from Cape York to Cardwell, Queensland. Found elsewhere in southern Japan (including Ogasawara Island), New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. Inhabits coastal waters including estuaries and mangrove areas. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and insects. |
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Species Citation |
Herops munda De Vis, 1884, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1 9(2): 392. Type locality: Cardwell, QLD. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Silver Flagtail, Kuhlia munda (De Vis 1884)
References
Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Family Kuhliidae. pp. 3317-3320 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.
De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(2): 389-400.
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp.
Mailautoka, K. & Hoese, D. 2012. Kuhlia munda. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2.
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Randall, J.E. & Randall, H.A. 2001. Review of the fishes of the genus Kuhlia (Perciformes: Kuhliidae) of the Central Pacific. Pacific Science 55(3): 227-256.
Sato, M. , Sakai, H. & Nakamura, N. 2004. Kuhlia boninensis (Fowler, 1907), a junior synonym of Kuhlia munda (De Vis, 1884) (Perciformes: Kuhliidae). Ichthyological Research 51(1): 70-72.
