Aphareus furca
Smalltooth Jobfish
As recorded: Aphareus furca (Lacepède, 1801)
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Lutjanidae
- Date
- June 13, 1969
- Locality
- Minami Tori Shima; a point about 200 meters apart from the pier on the south beach
- Island
- Minami Tori Shima
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Aphareus furca observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1969. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 348 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-21.
2026-10-21
Flying Fish Cove Shire of Christmas Island 6798, Christmas Island
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-18
Alor Divers housereef, Pantar, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
(c) Alor Divers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-12
American Samoa, AS
(c) moranoch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-07
Desa, Lamanggau, Tomia, Kabupaten Wakatobi, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia
(c) Ella Pennington, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-08
Palau
(c) Jan Paulini, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-06
Indonesia
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Aphareus furca. BPBM 8400. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35142691. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/8400.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35142691 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026