Halichoeres melasmapomus
Black-ear Wrasse
IUCN: least concernmarine
Randall, 1981Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 275778 ↗
22
Bishop specimens
18
Type specimens
1957
First collected
1996
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Two centuries of collecting
1950s1990s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1957 by J.E. Randall (Tikehau Atoll).