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Mugilogobius cavifrons

Bandfin Mangrove Goby

Introduced to HawaiʻiIUCN: least concernmarinebrackishfreshwater

(Weber, 1909)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 277347 ↗

Photo: (c) Randall, J.E., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1988

First collected

1998

Last collected

2022

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1980s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1988 by Jan Smith (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1998; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as January 23, 2022.

Alive today

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