Snorkel Hawaii - Zebrahead Filefish

Family	Kuhliidae
Description	Aholeholes
Environment	Fresh, Brackish & Marine
Etymology
Genus	1
No. of Species	13
Order	Perciformes
Class	Actinopterygii
Reproductive Guild	Nonguarders
Distribution	Indo-Pacific. One freshwater species Kuhlia rupestris. Well-developed scaly sheath on dorsal and anal fins. Dorsal fin with a deep notch; 10 spines, 9-12 soft rays. Anal fin 3 spines, 9-13 soft rays.. Without a scaly pelvic axillary process. Two spines on opercle. Vertebrae 25. Small compressed silvery fishes, in schools in surgy areas by day, dispersed to feed on free-swimming crustaceans at night. Juveniles often in tidepools. Maximum length 50 cm. Assumed to be non-guarders (RF).

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