FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 99 



Family KUHLIDAE 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF KUHLIA FOUND IN THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN 



ISLANDS (see table 10) 



1«. Scale rows crossing lateral line 40 to 4-1. 

 2«. Gill rakers about 7 or 8+1 + 16 to 18; dorsal rays IX, I, 10 or 11; anal 

 III, 10; scales above lateral line about 6 and below it about 10; about 

 one-fourth of tips of upper and lov.er lobes of caudal fin whitish and 

 upper and lov/er margins white ; outer middle third of upper and lower 

 caudal lobes v:itb a large black blotch ; just beyond tip of lateral line 

 and on middle caudal fin rays is a black spot more evident in young 

 and half grown than large adults; anterior tip of soft dorsal fin white; 

 a light streak occurs at base of soft dorsal, fin otherwise blackish ; two 

 or three irregular horizontal rows of brownish blotches across cheeks 



and oi>erculum Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepede) 



21). Gill rakers about 9 or 10+1+22 to 25; dorsal rays IX, I, II; anal III, 



11 or 12, usually 12 ; scales above lateral line 5^2 or G and about 9 below 



it ; caudal fin without large black blotches in upper and lower lobes, the 



color plain except blackish posterior margiu_ Kuhlia salelea, new species 



1&. Scale rows crossing lateral line 50 to 55; gill rakers 8 to 10+1+22 to 28 



(young appear to have one or two fewer gill rakers than adults). 



3a. Caudal fin without black bars or large black spots, general color plain 



with posterior margin of fin blackish ; outer third of caudal fin with 



a wide light band, anterior to blackish margin ; base of caudal fin rays 



with silvery area ; top of head mottled, especially between eyes, with 



black and yellov/ ; upper half of body blackish ; dorsal fin rays IX, 



I, 11; and III, 11 Kuhlia sandvicensis (Steindachner) 



Sh. Caudal fin with two to five black bars or spots, areas around and between 

 these spots more or less whitish. 

 4a. Caudal fin with outer third of upper and lower lobes blackish, this area 

 narrowing into a wide band at tips of midcaudal fin rays ; upper and 

 lower sides of caudal fin with a blackish band ; whole central portion 

 of each upper and lower lobe of caudal fin has a large blackish spot ; 

 these central black areas are bordered by whitish bands posteriorly 

 and sometimes dorsally and ventrally inside the marginal blackish 

 band ; sometimes area between central black spots is whitish especially 

 on young and darker in color in adults ; tip of chin black ; dorsal fin 



rays IX, I, 11 or 12; anal III, 12 Kuhlia petiti, new species 



41). Caudal fin with five black bars; a narrow median one; two obliquely 

 converging bars not quite meeting median one posteriorly ; a wide 

 black band occupies outer third of each caudal fin lobe, but tips of 

 rays are white, as are areas between all black bars; anterior tip of 

 soft dorsal fin white; otherwise other third is crossed with a black 

 band ; anal fin soft rays with black pigment, none on membranes ; outer 

 edges of spinous dorsal blackish ; tip of chin black ; dorsal fin rays 

 IX, I, 9 to 11, A. Ill, 10 or 11 Kuhlia taeniura (Cuvier) 



Genus KUHLIA Gill 



Kuhlia Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ISGl, p. 48. (Type, Perca 

 ciliata Cuvier and Valenciennes.) 



