Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 200

Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829) —Dark-margined flagtail

Status at New Ireland. New record from Kavieng District , based on WAM material (WAM P.28185-094, 1 specimen).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Andaman Islands east to Caroline Islands and Wallis and Futuna, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in estuarine and adjacent marine habitats, 0–2 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.