Odonus niger
Redtooth Triggerfish
As recorded: Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836)
Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Balistidae
- Collected by
- B. Goldman
- Date
- July 14, 1973
- Locality
- Guadalcanal; N side; 7 miles W of Honiara; reef near wreck of Japanese transport ship
- Island
- Guadalcanal
- Depth
- 10 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 14, 1973, B. Goldman also collected 1 other specimen.
Odonus niger observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,847 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Ägypten
(c) rock0, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
MU
(c) jmargand87, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
HR6V+PP6 Chanus CUP_ CAFE, Menamkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam 695586, India
(c) sivanpalode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Egypt
(c) camelshark, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
Wakatobi, Kepulauan Wakatobi (Laut), ID-SG, ID
(c) Ella Pennington, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Amed Beach
(c) carissr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Odonus niger. BPBM 16058. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37729028. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/16058.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37729028 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026