Gulf of Mannar Pelagic - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Mannar Pelagic

Statistics

Occurrence records	789
Species level	734
Species	372
Taxa	412
Datasets	32
Time range	1755 - 2010

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	7
No WoRMS match	18
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	4
No accepted name available	18

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	703	1
eventDate	191	0
maximumDepthInMeters	753	0
minimumDepthInMeters	742	0
occurrenceStatus	361	0
scientificName	8	0
scientificNameID	103	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	10

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	195
IndOBIS Dataset (14001-16000) Published 2021-12-28	74
IndOBIS Dataset (16001-18000) Published 2022-01-17	66
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	64
IndOBIS Dataset (52001-54000) Published 2022-01-19	51
IndOBIS Dataset (12001-14000) Published 2021-12-27	39
Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection Published 2023-06-28	38
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	35
Queensland Museum Corals Published 2023-06-28	32
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	30

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
Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	21
Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8
Hyattella intestinalis (Lamarck, 1814) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	7
Chalinidae Gray, 1867 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	6
Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	6
Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2010
Acroteriobatus variegatus (Nair & Lal Mohan, 1973) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2010
Atherinella argentea Chernoff, 1986 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2008
Carditamera radiata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2004
Trachycardium procerum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2004
Acropora solitaryensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2002
Coelarthrum opuntia (Endlicher) Børgesen, 1937 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	1997
Botryocladia leptopoda (J.Agardh) Kylin, 1931 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	1997
Pomacentrus nagasakiensis Tanaka, 1917 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1994
Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	1993

Data providers

Name	Records
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	281
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	238
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa	196
National Chemical Laboratory; Information Division	195
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	81
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	73
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	72
WoRMS Steering Committee	64
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	39
Australian Museum	39