Kunene - Tigress (Angola/Namibia) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Kunene - Tigress (Angola/Namibia)

Statistics

Occurrence records	5,071
Species level	4,604
Species	450
Taxa	600
Datasets	42
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	8
No WoRMS match	76
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	5
No accepted name available	5

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	5,118	3
eventDate	271	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,694	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,082	0
occurrenceStatus	4,449	0
scientificName	12	0
scientificNameID	269	27

Spatial issues

Records on land	65
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	36

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Angolan Trawl Survey Data Published 2020-12-02	3,195
Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	688
PANGAEA - Data from South Atlantic in the late Quaternary: reconstruction of budget and currents Published 2025-03-20	520
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	227
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	175
PANGAEA - Data from Center for Marine Environmental Sciences Published 2025-03-20	40
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	36
iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	28
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	24
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	15

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
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	244
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	229
Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	203
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	178
Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	172
Trachurus capensis Castelnau, 1861 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	164
Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1950 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	157
Nemoossis belloci (Cadenat, 1937) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	129
Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	108
Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier, 1830) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	107

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2016
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2014
Heterocarpus ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2010
Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2010
Melanonus zugmayeri Norman, 1930 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2010
Lycodes terraenovae Collett, 1896 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2010
Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2010
Rajella ravidula (Hulley, 1970) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2010
Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2010
Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010

Data providers

Name	Records
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch	3,195
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Pesqueira	3,195
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	760
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	688
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	688
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	592
University of Bremen Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences	560
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	227
California Academy of Sciences	183
California Academy of Sciences	175