Moheli Marine Park - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Moheli Marine Park

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,711
Species level	1,609
Species	378
Taxa	394
Datasets	13
Time range	1987 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,569	29
eventDate	549	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,710	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,697	0
occurrenceStatus	1,531	0
scientificName	7	0
scientificNameID	9	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	1
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	6

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Fish specimens Published	609
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	464
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	432
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	90
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	43
Happywhale - Humpback whale in Indian Ocean Published 2025-03-17	28
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	17
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	16
Senckenberg's collection management system Published 2025-03-20	7
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	2

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
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	28
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	24
Centropyge multispinis (Playfair, 1867) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18
Eviota mikiae Allen, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18
Ecsenius nalolo Smith, 1959 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	17
Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16
Eviota zebrina Lachner & Karnella, 1978 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	15
Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	15
Ctenochaetus truncatus Randall & Clements, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	15
Trimma flammeum (Smith, 1959) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	1	2017
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	28	2008
Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2005
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16	1988
Centropyge multispinis (Playfair, 1867) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	1988
Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	11	1988
Ecsenius nalolo Smith, 1959 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	1988
Eviota zebrina Lachner & Karnella, 1978 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	10	1988
Eviota mikiae Allen, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	1988
Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	11	1988

Data providers

Name	Records
Royal Ontario Museum	1,073
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	628
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	432
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	91
Australian Museum	91
Duke University	44
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	43
Happywhale	28
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	17
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	16