Chaetodon tinkeri
Hawaiian Butterflyfish
Schultz, 1951Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 273363 ↗
Photo: (c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by cello caruso-turiello (iNaturalist)
8
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1967
First collected
1988
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Chaetodon tinkeri, most mentions first.
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
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1967 by Fernando Leonida (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1988; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as December 26, 2025.
Alive today
11 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2025-12-26
United States
(c) Jules Wyman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-08-04
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-08-04
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-08-04
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2023-08-12
Hawaii, US
(c) norcalmc, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2021-04-15
Au Au, Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2021-04-09
Old Airport, Kailua-Kona, HI, USA
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2015-10-31
Ewa Beach, HI
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)