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Aulotrachichthys heptalepis in life
In life — Hawaiian Luminous Roughy, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
BPBM 40496Ichthyology

Aulotrachichthys heptalepis

Hawaiian Luminous Roughy

As recorded: Aulotrachichthys heptalepis (Gon, 1984)

Animalia › Chordata › Beryciformes › Trachichthyidae

Collected by
R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 40, station 3station →V Townsend Cromwell cruise 40 →
Date
November 7, 1968
Locality
Molokai; [off]; Penguin Bank
Island
Molokaʻi
Region
United States
Coordinates
21.1667, -157.4170
Depth
183 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
24 Bishop specimens of Aulotrachichthys heptalepis · collected 1968–1986Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On November 7, 1968, R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 40, station 3 also collected 6 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Aulotrachichthys heptalepis. BPBM 40496. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090344203. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/40496.

Record sources