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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 40501Ichthyology

Aulotrachichthys heptalepis

Hawaiian Luminous Roughy

As recorded: Aulotrachichthys heptalepis (Gon, 1984)

Animalia › Chordata › Beryciformes › Trachichthyidae

Date
December 1, 1968
Locality
Oahu; NW side; off Haleiwa
Island
Oʻahu
Region
United States
Coordinates
21.6167, -158.2000
Depth
95 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
24 Bishop specimens of Aulotrachichthys heptalepis · collected 1968–1986Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On December 1, 1968, Howard O. Yoshida et al., aboard R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 40, station 115 also collected 5 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Aulotrachichthys heptalepis. BPBM 40501. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090263515. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/40501.

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