3
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1926
First collected
1964
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Fragum, most mentions first.
2002
Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
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 · 2 pages
2002
Records of shallow-water marine invertebrates from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands with a note on nonindigenous speciesDeFelice, R., D. Minton & S. Godwin · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1926 by Jens M. Ostergaard; J.M. Ostergaard (Tonga; Tongatapu Group; Tongatapu; Nukualofa Beach). The Museum last collected it in 1964; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 5, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
10 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-06-05
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-03
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-24
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-05
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-19
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-05-29
Kaneohe Bay, barrier reef S of Kekapa Island
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2017-05-27
Kaneohe Bay, NE of Kapapa Island
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2017-05-26
Kaneohe Bay, Mokoli'i Island, SE side
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)



