Opistognathus variabilis
Variable Jawfish
IUCN: least concernmarine
Smith-Vaniz, 2009Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 712630 ↗
12
Bishop specimens
12
Type specimens
1970
First collected
1996
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
5 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1970s1990s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1970 by J.E. Randall and A.R. Emery (Ulebsechel Island).