Tylosurus acus
Agujón needlefish, Atlantic agujón
IUCN: least concernmarine
(Lacepède, 1803)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 126378 ↗
Photo: (c) Byron Shafer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Byron Shafer (iNaturalist)
7
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1970
First collected
1997
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Two centuries of collecting
1970s1990s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1970 by J.E. Randall (Hawaiian Islands). The Museum last collected it in 1997; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as January 11, 2025.
Alive today
4 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
