Aspidontus taeniatus
False Cleanerfish
As recorded: Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Blenniidae
- Collected by
- R/V "John R. Manning" cruise 20, station 20station →V John R. Manning cruise 20 →
- Date
- May 28, 1954
- Locality
- Fanning Island; anchorage
- Island
- Fanning Island
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 28, 1954, R/V "John R. Manning" cruise 20, station 20 also collected 1 other specimen.
Aspidontus taeniatus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1954. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 432 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-02.
2026-10-02
Australia
(c) liam1294, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-21
Pulau mansuar
(c) mumudu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-16
Coral Garden, Huahine
(c) pkondrashov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-06
Black Rock, Mainland, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
(c) ajhg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-08-31
French Polynesia, PF
(c) Hugh Chan, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-15
Lombok Barat, ID-NB, ID
(c) drmattnimbs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Aspidontus taeniatus. BPBM 26998. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35244241. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/26998.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35244241 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026