
Cantherhines verecundus
Roundtail Filefish
Jordan, 1925Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 276255 ↗
Photo: (c) 104623964081378888743, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by 104623964081378888743 (iNaturalist)
9
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1926
First collected
1994
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1926 by S.C. Ball (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1994; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as May 2, 2026.
Alive today
24 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-05-02
Mamala Bay, HI, US
(c) Rad Dad Chad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-10-22
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2023-09-23
Ewa Pinnacles
(c) David Rolla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-04-01
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-01-19
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Viral joshi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-11-10
Electric Beach North
(c) Craig Fujii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2022-10-24
Point Panic
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-03
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
