Bishop MuseumExplore

Aphareus furca

Bigmouth Snapper

IUCN: least concernmarine

(Lacepède, 1801)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 218470 ↗

10

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1923

First collected

1983

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Aphareus furca, most mentions first.

  1. 2008

    Assessment of species composition, diversity and biomass in marine habitats and subhaqbitats around offshore islets in the main Hawaiian Islands

    Coles, S.L., Giuseffi, L. & Hutchinson, M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages

  2. 2010

    Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian Islands

    Coles, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  3. 2001

    Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  4. 2004

    Assessment of nonindigenous species on coral reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, with emphasis on introduced invertebrates

    Coles, S.L., L.G. Eldredge, F. Kandel, P.R. Reath & K. Longenecker · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  5. 2002

    Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

Search the Library for “Aphareus furca” →

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1923 by "Tanager" Expedition (Johnston Atoll).