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Dendrochirus brachypterus

Shortfin turkeyfish

IUCN: least concernmarine

(Cuvier, 1829)WoRMS treats this as a synonym of Neochirus brachyptera.WoRMS 218052 ↗

2

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1975

First collected

1981

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Dendrochirus brachypterus, most mentions first.

  1. 2002

    Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1970s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1975 by J.E. Randall (Nuweiba El Muzeini).