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 Hawaiian flagtail, Kuhlia sandvicensis
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13 species: see text. The Hawaiian Flagtail is a species of the genus of flagtail fishes Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony Fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. Theodore Nicholas Gill ( March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American Ichthyologist, Mammalogist, |
The flagtails or aholeholes are a family (Kuhliidae) of perciform fish of the Indo-Pacific area. In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony Fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the earth's seas comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean The family consists of thirteen species in one genus, Kuhlia, of which, one, (K. rupestris), is freshwater. Freshwater is a word that refers to bodies of water such as Ponds lakes rivers and streams containing low concentrations of dissolved Salts and other Total dissolved The others are marine.
The distinctive characteristic of these fish is a scaly sheath around the dorsal and anal fins. A dorsal fin is a Fin located on the backs of some Fishes Whales Dolphins and Porpoises as well as the (extinct The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved The dorsal fin is deeply notched between the 10 spines and the 9-13 soft rays. The opercle has two spines, and the anal fin three. Their bodies are compressed and silvery, and they tend to be small, growing to 50 cm at most.
During the day they usually school, dispersing at night to feed on free-swimming crustaceans. Structure of crustaceans As Arthropods crustaceans have a stiff Exoskeleton, which must be shed to allow the animal to grow ( Ecdysis or molting
Species
- Kuhlia caudavittata (Lacépède, 1802). Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon comte de Lacépède or La Cépède ( December 26, 1756 &ndash October 6, 1825) was
- Kuhlia malo (Valenciennes, 1831). Achille Valenciennes ( August 9, 1794 - April 13, 1865) was a French Zoologist.
- Dark-margined flagtail, Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier, 1829). UserPolbot. -->The spotted flagtail ( Kuhlia marginata) is a species of Fish in the Kuhliidae Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier ( August 23 1769 &ndash May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist
- Barred flagtail, Kuhlia mugil (Forster, 1801). Johann Reinhold Forster ( October 22, 1729 &ndash December 9, 1798) was a German naturalist of partial Scottish
- Silver flagtail, Kuhlia munda (De Vis, 1884).
- Kuhlia nutabunda Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912.
- Kuhlia petiti Schultz, 1943.
- Kuhlia rubens (Spinola, 1807). Maximilian or Massimiliano Spinola ( July 10, 1780 &ndash November 12, 1857) was an Italian entomologist.
- Rock flagtail, Kuhlia rupestris (Lacépède, 1802). Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon comte de Lacépède or La Cépède ( December 26, 1756 &ndash October 6, 1825) was
- Kuhlia salelea Schultz, 1943.
- Reticulated flagtail, Kuhlia sandvicensis (Steindachner, 1876). Franz Steindachner ( November 11, 1834 - December 10, 1919) was an Austrian Zoologist.
- Hawaiian flagtail, Kuhlia xenura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). The Hawaiian Flagtail is a species of the genus of flagtail fishes
References
- "Kuhliidae". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.
- "Kuhlia". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.
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