Incomati River to Ponta do Ouro (southern Mozambique) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Incomati River to Ponta do Ouro (southern Mozambique)

Statistics

Occurrence records	11,035
Species level	10,284
Species	1,623
Taxa	1,806
Datasets	64
Time range	1775 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	16
No WoRMS match	346
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	34

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,888	58
eventDate	1,388	0
maximumDepthInMeters	10,253	0
minimumDepthInMeters	10,296	0
occurrenceStatus	2,435	0
scientificName	290	0
scientificNameID	460	10

Spatial issues

Records on land	984
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	68

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Ponta do Ouro zambezi shark tracking Published 2024-08-30	6,261
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	1,354
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	452
Selmar Schonland Herbarium Marine Algae Collection Published 2017-01-26	411
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	346
Happywhale - Humpback whale in Indian Ocean Published 2025-03-17	291
NaGISA Project Published 2018-03-21	284
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	256
iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	203
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	174

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
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	5,601
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	673
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	291
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	174
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	99
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	46
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	36
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	35
Chrysoblephus puniceus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	29
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	25

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Hyattella sulfurea Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2017
Hyattella pedunculata Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2017
Phoriospongia mozambiquensis Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2017
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2016
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2014
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	673	2014
Hypselodoris yarae Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2014
Amphimedon palmata Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2014
Pseudocoris occidentalis Randall, Connell & Victor, 2015 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2013
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	174	2012

Data providers

Name	Records
Ocean Tracking Network	6,262
KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board	6,262
Ocean Tracking Network	6,262
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	6,262
African Aquatic Conservation Fund	6,261
Marine Megafauna Foundation	6,261
Nelson Mandela University	6,261
Oceanographic Research Institute	6,261
SAIAB	6,261
South African Association for Marine Biological Research	6,261