Guatemala: North Atlantic - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Guatemala: North Atlantic

Statistics

Occurrence records	319
Species level	221
Species	140
Taxa	188
Datasets	15
Time range	1899 - 2013

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	230
No WoRMS match	84
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	548	0
eventDate	344	0
maximumDepthInMeters	572	0
minimumDepthInMeters	605	0
occurrenceStatus	631	0
scientificName	48	0
scientificNameID	433	4

Spatial issues

Records on land	493
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	115
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	96
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	35
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	25
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	19
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	15
United States Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database Published 2015-09-11	3
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science – Mollusks Published 2025-03-18	2
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	2
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	2

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

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Scientific name	Records
Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13
Belonesox belizanus Kner, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9
Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8
Turbonilla Risso, 1826 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	7
Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	7
Vieja maculicauda (Regan, 1905) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Pyrgophorus Ancey, 1888 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	6
Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5
Gambusia Poey, 1854 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5
Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2013
Stramonita canaliculata (Gray, 1839) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	1992
Littoraria nebulosa (Lamarck, 1822) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	1992
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	1992
Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	1992
Pseudophallus mindii (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1983
Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1969
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	1969
Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas, 1770) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	1969
Paraclinus fasciatus (Steindachner, 1876) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1969

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	115
InvertEBase	98
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	96
Swedish Museum of Natural History	35
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	28
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	27
California Academy of Sciences	19
California Academy of Sciences	19
Florida Museum of Natural History	15
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	6