Histrio histrio
marine
(Linnaeus, 1758)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 126533 ↗
5
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1968
First collected
1991
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Histrio histrio, most mentions first.
2002
Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Two centuries of collecting
1960s1990s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1968 (Taiwan). The Museum last collected it in 1991; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as September 19, 2025.
Alive today
2 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
