Oxycheilinus celebicus
Slender Maori Wrasse
As recorded: Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853)
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Labridae
- Collected by
- J.E. Randall, H.A. Randall, and R.L. PyleRichard L. Pyle →Helen A. Randall →Johnson Randall →
- Date
- July 9, 1986
- Locality
- Ulebsechel Island; SE end; E side of T-shaped peninsula
- Island
- Ulebsechel Island
- Region
- Palau
- Coordinates
- 7.3139, 134.4980
- Depth
- 10 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 9, 1986, J.E. Randall, H.A. Randall, and R.L. Pyle also collected 13 other specimens.
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Still here: Oxycheilinus celebicus observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1986. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 15 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-09-01.
2025-09-01
Chandelier Cave
(c) chrisv78, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-10-30
Palau
(c) Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-04-11
"Samâs Tours house reef, Palau"
(c) Erik Schlögl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-09
Palau
(c) Adam Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-07-05
Koror, PW
(c) BDBishop, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2020-03-17
Koror, Palau
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Oxycheilinus celebicus. BPBM 31407. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37860120. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/31407.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37860120 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026