Brotula
Brotulas
Cuvier, 1829Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 159065 ↗
Photo: (c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David R (iNaturalist)
10
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1968
First collected
2007
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Brotula, most mentions first.
2002
Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2001
Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
4 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1968 by J.E. Randall, H.T. Kami, A.J. Stark, and G.E. Fosse (Guam).
Alive today
17 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2025-07-03
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-04-25
Poʻipū, HI, US
(c) Diego Meneses, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-02-27
Hilo, HI 96720, USA
(c) Elijah Winger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-01-31
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-01-02
Lanai Lookout
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-10-24
Point Panic
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-07-18
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-12-13
Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)