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Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus

Bluestripe herring

Introduced to HawaiʻiIUCN: least concernmarinebrackishfreshwater

(Rüppell, 1837)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 212264 ↗

Photo: (c) Jacob, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jacob (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1903

First collected

1996

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1900s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1903 by A. Seale (Shortland Island). The Museum last collected it in 1996; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as November 22, 2025.

Alive today

16 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.