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Bodianus sanguineus

Neon wrasse

IUCN: least concernmarine

(Jordan & Evermann, 1903)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 273542 ↗

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1977

First collected

1981

Last collected

2017

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1970s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1977 by Nelson Santos (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 1981; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as September 17, 2017.

Alive today

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