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Notacanthus

marine

Bloch, 1788Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 125840 ↗

2

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1972

First collected

1986

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1970s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1972 by P.J. Struhsaker (Hawaiian Islands). The Museum last collected it in 1986; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as May 17, 2026.

Alive today

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