rupestris, Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:252, 273 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Neotype: MNHN 2006-0811[ex MNHN 0000-0862]. Based on description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Neotype selected by Loiselle & Stiassny 2007:3 [ref. 31576], •Valid as Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepède 1802) -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:142 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:508 [ref. 5712], Maugé 1986:306 [ref. 6218], Paxton et al. 1989:540 [ref. 12442], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:492 [ref. 25598], Allen & Coates 1990:84 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:130 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:814 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:108 [ref. 23448], Randall 1995:151 [ref. 22896], Takahashi & Senou 1995:2 [ref. 24354], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780], Marquet & Mary 1999:31 [ref. 23933], Myers 1999:174 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:220 [ref. 24106], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Keith et al. 1999:100 [ref. 24548], Fuller et al. 1999:413 [ref. 25838], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:955 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:58 [ref. 25191], Randall & Randall 2001:243 [ref. 25399], Sakai et al. 2001:95 [ref. 25693], Carpenter 2001:3320 [ref. 26127], Allen et al. 2002:244 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:955 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:631 [ref. 27495], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:155 [ref. 28072], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Randall 2005:182 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:412 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1142 [ref. 29004], Loiselle & Stiassny 2007:3 [ref. 31576], Fricke et al. 2009:50 [ref. 30213], Yonezawa et al. 2010:253 [ref. 30902], Kottelat 2013:372 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:108 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:91 [ref. 34492], Koeda et al. 2016:62 [ref. 35333], Pusey et al. 2017:57 [ref. 35250], Fricke et al. 2018:246 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:18 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:200 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2019:5 [ref. 36711], Yamakawa et al. 2020:75 [ref. 40470], Akaike et al. 2021:23 [ref. 38809], Amick & Toko 2021:10 [ref. 38599], Keith et al. 2021:58 [ref. 38257], Heemstra 2022:29 [ref. 39742], Jamandre 2023:163 [ref. 40455], Fricke et al. 2024:76 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepède 1802). Kuhliidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Caroline Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Sagami Bay (southern Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.