Cyclichthys orbicularis
Ballonfish
IUCN: least concernmarine
(Bloch, 1785)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 219968 ↗
13
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1964
First collected
1988
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
6 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1960s1980s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1964 by R/V "Anton Bruun" cruise 9, International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) (Indian Ocean).