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Cheilodactylus vittatus
Hawaiian: Kikakapukoa (1)
As recorded: Goniistius vittatus (Garrett, 1864)
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Cheilodactylidae
- Collected by
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel, via T.S. Hida, National Marine Fisheries ServiceU.S. Fish →Wildlife Service personnel →
- Date
- March 15, 1979
- Locality
- Midway Atoll
- Island
- Midway Atoll
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Cheilodactylus vittatus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2019-08-08.

2019-08-08
United States Minor Outlying Islands
(c) National Coral Reef Monitoring Program - Pacific Region, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-09-16
Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Hawaii, USA
(c) National Coral Reef Monitoring Program - Pacific Region, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2008-06-26
Midway Atoll, United States
(c) Robert Webster, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cheilodactylus vittatus. BPBM 22950. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36978421. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/22950.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36978421 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
