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Uraspis

marine

Bleeker, 1855Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 159657 ↗

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Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1971

First collected

1983

Last collected

2024

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1970s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1971 by J.E. Randall (Pitcairn Island). The Museum last collected it in 1983; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as November 7, 2024.

Alive today

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