Kuhliidae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 108

Kuhliidae

Kuhlia marginata ( Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) —Dark-margined flagtail STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens collected by W.-J. Chen on 5 Dec. 2012. CAS and NTUM material (CAS 63380; NTUM 10117).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Indonesia east to Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Primarily in freshwater habitats, rarely estuaries, 0– 2 m. Freshwater and transitional water.

Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepède, 1802) —Rock flagtail

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Parenti & Allen (1991: 318). CAS and USNM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Caroline and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland ( Australia) and New Caledonia. Found in estuaries and fast-flowing stretches of middle and lower reaches of rivers, 0– 2 m. Freshwater and transitional water.