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Apterichtus klazingai

Pencil Snake Eel

IUCN: least concernmarine

(Weber, 1913)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 217558 ↗

Photo: (c) Izuzuki, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) (iNaturalist)

4

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1969

First collected

2005

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Apterichtus klazingai, most mentions first.

  1. 2006

    Numbers of Hawaiian species for 2003–2005

    Eldredge, L.G. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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  2. 2004

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

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

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Two centuries of collecting

1960s2000s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1969 by J.E. Randall and J.R. Chess (Hawaiʻi Island).

Alive today

1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

Apterichtus klazingai, 2025-10-24

2025-10-24

Hawaii, US

(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)