Hemigymnus melapterus
Black-eyed Thick-lip
IUCN: least concernmarine
(Bloch, 1791)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 218998 ↗
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11
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1902
First collected
1979
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Two centuries of collecting
1900s1970s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1902 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (Upolu Island).