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Pseudanthias hawaiiensis

IUCN: least concernmarine

(Randall, 1979)WoRMS treats this as a synonym of Compsanthias hawaiiensis.WoRMS 1012511 ↗

7

Bishop specimens

5

Type specimens

1968

First collected

1989

Last collected

2023

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1960s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1968 by J.E. Randall, W.J. Baldwin, and A.J. Stark (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1989; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 17, 2023.

Alive today

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