Cheilinus trilobatus
Tripletail Maori Wrasse
As recorded: Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Labridae
- Collected by
- H.A. Randall
- Date
- November 13, 1968
- Locality
- Palmyra Atoll; SE of Sand Islet
- Island
- Palmyra Atoll
- Depth
- 3 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Cheilinus trilobatus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1968. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,381 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
AU
(c) Kingfish, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Díli, Timor-Leste
(c) Roxanne Lazarus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
South Pacifc Ocean
(c) currowar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
台灣屏東縣恆春鎮
(c) bohong_yu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-12
(c) jenni_b, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-10
Java Sea, Central Java, ID
(c) Luke Foster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cheilinus trilobatus. BPBM 7712. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35941528. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/7712.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35941528 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026