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Gymnothorax javanicus

Blackpearl Moray

IUCN: least concernmarine

(Bleeker, 1859)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 217502 ↗

27

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1936

First collected

2004

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Gymnothorax javanicus, most mentions first.

  1. 2001

    Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  2. 2004

    Assessment of nonindigenous species on coral reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, with emphasis on introduced invertebrates

    Coles, S.L., L.G. Eldredge, F. Kandel, P.R. Reath & K. Longenecker · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  3. 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

1930s2000s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1936 by R.D. Frisbie (Pukapuka Atoll (Cook)).