Kuhlia Gill [T. N.] 1861:48 Fem. Perca ciliata Cuvier 1828. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Declared a nomen protectum by Kottelat 2013. •Valid as Kuhlia Gill 1861 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:142 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986 [ref. 6218], Smith 1986:508 [ref. 5712], Paxton et al. 1989:539 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:129 [ref. 21090], Randall & Randall 2001:229 [ref. 25399], Carpenter 2001:3318 [ref. 26127], Allen et al. 2006:1142 [ref. 29004], Loiselle & Stiassny 2007:1 [ref. 31576], Kottelat 2013:371 [ref. 32989], Trnski 2015:1245 [ref. 34198], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458] in family Kyphosidae, Fricke et al. 2018:245 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:70 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:200 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2019:4 [ref. 36711]). Current status: Valid as Kuhlia Gill 1861. Kuhliidae.