Kyphosus sandwicensis
(Sauvage, 1880)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 712742 ↗
7
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1923
First collected
1984
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1923 by S.C. Ball (Laysan). The Museum last collected it in 1984; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as February 8, 2025.
Alive today
20 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2025-02-08
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-08-28
Wailea-Makena, HI, USA
(c) Joe Paquin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-12-07
Maui County, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2022-08-24
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) maedernlan06, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2018-07-02
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2018-06-24
Pupukea, O'ahu, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2018-03-10
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) Sue, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2017-10-04
Poʻipū Beach Park, Kauaʻi
(c) Matthew O'Donnell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)