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Anguilla obscura

Brown Eel

marinebrackishfreshwater

Günther, 1872Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 271710 ↗

6

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1902

First collected

1971

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Anguilla obscura, most mentions first.

  1. 2006

    Nonnative occurence of Anguilla marmorata in Hawai`i: identification using morphological and molecular characters

    James, S.A. & Suzumoto. A.Y. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  2. 2004

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: Articles

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1900s1970s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1902 by A. Seale (Rarotonga).