EBSA No. 12: Suwarrow National Park - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 12: Suwarrow National Park

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,689
Species level	1,655
Species	174
Taxa	185
Datasets	11
Time range	1923 - 2012

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	3
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	29	0
eventDate	46	0
maximumDepthInMeters	58	0
minimumDepthInMeters	56	0
occurrenceStatus	25	0
scientificName	3	0
scientificNameID	7	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	2
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Reef fish dataset Published 2018-08-08	1,504
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Invertebrates Published 2018-08-08	71
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Cryptic Fish Published 2018-08-08	36
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	28
NIWA Invertebrate Collection Published 2022-11-24	17
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	16
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	6
The genus Volvarina (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) in Polynesia Published 2023-03-02	4
Marine data from the Bernice P. Bishop Museum Published 2023-03-20	3
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	2

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49
Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44
Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan & Seale, 1906 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	42
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	41
Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	39
Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34
Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	33
Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32
Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34	2012
Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32	2012
Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	39	2012
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	45	2012
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	41	2012
Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44	2012
Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan & Seale, 1906 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	42	2012
Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32	2012
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32	2012
Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	33	2012

Data providers

Name	Records
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	1,628
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	1,611
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	30
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	28
Australian Museum	28
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	16
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	6
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	6
NA	4
Bishop Museum	3