
Discotrema crinophilum
Crinoid Clingfish
As recorded: Discotrema crinophilum Briggs, 1976
Animalia › Chordata › Gobiesociformes › Gobiesocidae
- Collected by
- Pauline Fiene
- Date
- November 1, 1995
- Locality
- Indonesia; Solor Islands; N of Adonara; Serbete Island, S side
- Island
- Indonesia
- Depth
- 24 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 1, 1995, Pauline Fiene also collected 2 other specimens.
Discotrema crinophilum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1995. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 58 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-04-17.

2026-04-17
Romblon, Philippines
(c) babarg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-11-18
Tingloy, PH-BT, PH
(c) Juan Carballo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-10-18
Ouémo, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie
(c) Johan Bas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-09-19
Selayar Islands Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
(c) BDBishop, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-22
Karang Asem, ID-BA, ID
(c) henrycarrick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-05-27
Raja Ampat, ID-IB, ID
(c) Keith Willmott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Discotrema crinophilum. BPBM 37028. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36527700. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/37028.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36527700 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
