Chelon
Artedi, 1793Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 126030 ↗
3
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1931
First collected
1983
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Chelon, most mentions first.
1997
Biodiversity of marine communities in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced exotic speciesColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, L.G. Eldredge, J.T. Carlton, R.L. Pyle, & A. Suzumoto · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1931 by Le Bronnec (Uapou). The Museum last collected it in 1983; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 24, 2026.
Alive today
8,467 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-10-24
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) camowizard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-23
Hawaii, US
(c) filjon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Hawaii, US
(c) John Ritchie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Hawaii, US
(c) diegocast286, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
no rights reserved
2026-10-20
Hawaii, US
(c) vbaker225, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
United States
(c) vbaker225, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
Hawaii, US
(c) chokans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)