Typová lokalita
Rodrigues Island and Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean.
Původní popis
Regan, C. T. 1913. A revision of the fishes of the genus Kuhlia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 3): 374-381.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.