| 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)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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