Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
Ringtail maori wrasse
(Streets, 1877)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 278002 ↗
31
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1901
First collected
1996
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Oxycheilinus unifasciatus, most mentions first.
2010
Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2001
Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2008
Assessment of species composition, diversity and biomass in marine habitats and subhaqbitats around offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L., Giuseffi, L. & Hutchinson, M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2004
Assessment of nonindigenous species on coral reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, with emphasis on introduced invertebratesColes, S.L., L.G. Eldredge, F. Kandel, P.R. Reath & K. Longenecker · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2004
Prototype of a virtual comparative fish osteological collection and identification guideLongenecker, K. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
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
Where Bishop collected it
1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1901 by U.S. Fish Commission (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1996; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as August 13, 2026.
Alive today
155 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-08-13
HI, US
(c) Jacob Stagg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-05
HI, US
(c) PiperB, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-02
Olowalu 2
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-30
Honokowai 1
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-26
Kahekili 1
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-13
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-05-17
Kaunaʻoa Bay, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) marigrob, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-25
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) deefulton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)