rock flagtail
Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepède, 1802)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Kuhlia rupestris, the rock flagtail, jungle perch, mountain trout, buffalo bream, dusky-finned bulleye, rockmountain bass or spotted flagtail, is a species of ray-finned fish, a flagtail, from the family Kuhliidae. It is a catadromous species which is native to the Indo-Pacific and northern Australia.
Wikipedia contributors, Kuhlia rupestris; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:33:43.914047+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepède, 1802)
- Name authority
- (Lacepède, 1802)
- Common name
- rock flagtail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Kuhliidae
- Genus
- Kuhlia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCentrarchiformes
- familyKuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- genusKuhlia Gill, 1861
- speciesKuhlia rupestris (Lacepède, 1802)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Kuhlia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Kuhlia caudavittata (Lacepède, 1802) | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barred flagtailKuhlia mugil (Forster, 1801) | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuhlia munda (De Vis, 1884) | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuhlia nutabunda Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912 | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuhlia petiti Schultz, 1943 | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuhlia salelea Schultz, 1943 | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuhlia sandvicensis (Steindachner, 1876) | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier, 1829) | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuhlia xenura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | KuhliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Doules rupestris (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Kuhlia caerulescens Regan, 1913 Regan, 1913 | synonym |
| Kuhlia rupestris sauvagei (Regan, 1913) (Regan, 1913) | synonym |
| Kuhlia repestris (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Moronopsis ciliatus (Cuvier, 1828) (Cuvier, 1828) | synonym |
| Doules fuscus (Cuvier, 1829) (Cuvier, 1829) | synonym |
| Dules fuscus Cuvier, 1829 Cuvier, 1829 | synonym |
| Dules haswellii MacLeay, 1881 MacLeay, 1881 | synonym |
| Dules rupestris (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Dules vanicolensis Valenciennes, 1831 Valenciennes, 1831 | synonym |
| Kuhlia sauvagii Regan, 1913 Regan, 1913 | synonym |
| Kuhlia splendens Regan, 1913 Regan, 1913 | synonym |
| Kuhlia rupestris hedleyi Ogilby, 1898 Ogilby, 1898 | synonym |
| Dules guamensis Valenciennes, 1831 Valenciennes, 1831 | synonym |
| Moronopsis fuscus (Cuvier, 1829) (Cuvier, 1829) | synonym |
| Moronopsis rupestris (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Perca ciliata Cuvier, 1828 Cuvier, 1828 | synonym |
| Centropomus rupestris Lacepède, 1802 Lacepède, 1802 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218358 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3RFCC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.