Cayos Miskitos - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Cayos Miskitos

Statistics

Occurrence records	255
Species level	198
Species	103
Taxa	141
Datasets	18
Time range	1897 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	27
No WoRMS match	7
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	2

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	232	15
eventDate	123	0
maximumDepthInMeters	191	28
minimumDepthInMeters	195	0
occurrenceStatus	228	0
scientificName	3	0
scientificNameID	34	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	141
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	93
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	79
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	28
Sea turtle tracking in Bonaire 2003-2011 Published 2021-04-24	15
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	7
University of Costa Rica (UCR) Fish Database Published	5
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mollusca Collection (Mollusca) Published 2025-03-20	5
KUBI Ichthyology Collection Published 2025-03-04	4
KUBI Ichthyology Collection Published	4
Satellite Tracking of three species of sea turtles on Bonaire (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2021-04-24	2

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	19
Gambusia nicaraguensis Günther, 1866 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7
Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	6
Phorbas amaranthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	6
Rhamdia Bleeker, 1858 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Belonesox belizanus Kner, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	6	2009
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	19	2004
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	3	2003
Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	1996
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	1996
Favia fragum (Esper, 1793) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	1996
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	1996
Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	1996
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	1996
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	1996

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	93
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	84
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	79
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	28
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	28
Duke University	28
Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire	17
SEATURTLE.ORG	13
	8
InvertEBase	7