barred flagtail

Kuhlia mugil

Forty Centimeters Kuhliid Fish of the Red Sea

barred flagtail is a fish from Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 40 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies
Family: Kuhliidae
Genus: Kuhlia
Maximum length: 40 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the eastern Pacific, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales and Lord Howe Island. Absent from Easter Island, Pitcairn, Marquesas, Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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