Gorgasia hawaiiensis
Hawaiian Garden Eel
Randall & Chess, 1980Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 277877 ↗
Photo: (c) WorldFish Center - FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (iNaturalist)
6
Bishop specimens
3
Type specimens
1969
First collected
1999
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1969 by J.E. Randall and J.R. Chess (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 1999; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 24, 2025.
Alive today
17 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2025-10-24
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-08
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) sophialabiy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-01-12
Mamala Bay, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-05-06
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) Matthew Bokach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-12
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2022-09-25
Molokini, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2022-05-21
Corsair
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-12-15
Molokini, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)