EBSA No. 5: Kadavu and the Southern Lau Region - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 5: Kadavu and the Southern Lau Region

Statistics

Occurrence records	41,841
Species level	39,445
Species	2,013
Taxa	2,440
Datasets	85
Time range	1849 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	25
No WoRMS match	268
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	31

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	12,570	56
eventDate	3,916	0
maximumDepthInMeters	10,394	8
minimumDepthInMeters	10,738	0
occurrenceStatus	11,693	0
scientificName	162	0
scientificNameID	1,533	6

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,939
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	915

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Data from: Impacts of predator depletion by fishing on the biomass and diversity of non-target reef fish communities (Kadavu Islands, Fiji) Published 2024-08-24	25,536
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	3,191
Fish specimens Published	2,380
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	2,039
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	1,970
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Reef fish dataset Published 2018-08-08	1,025
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	815
Molluscan specimens from the Astrolabe Reefs (Kadavu, Fiji), 1986-2006 Published 2019-11-06	711
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	592
Coral Diversity Survey: Volivoli Beach, Viti Levu and Dravuni and Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji, 2006 Published 2024-03-05	544

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
Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,190
Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,894
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,052
Scarus globiceps Valenciennes, 1840 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	872
Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	790
Scarus niger Forsskål, 1775 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	775
Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	669
Gomphosus varius Lacepède, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	667
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	634
Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	624

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Eviota teresae Greenfield & Randall, 2016 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2017
Eviota pseudozebrina Tornabene, Greenfield & Erdmann, 2021 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2017
Eviota angustifascia Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Eviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2016
Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Cheilodipterus artus Smith, 1961 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2015
Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Synodus similis McCulloch, 1921 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne	25,536
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	4,584
Royal Ontario Museum	4,419
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	3,191
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	2,083
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	1,901
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	1,156
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,013
California Academy of Sciences	999
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	716