Natal Bight

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Statistics

Occurrence records 3,598
Species level 2,673
Species 950
Taxa 1,290
Datasets 55
Time range 1758 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 6
No WoRMS match 171
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 26

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 3,555 28
eventDate 638 0
maximumDepthInMeters 1,369 0
minimumDepthInMeters 1,515 0
occurrenceStatus 2,457 0
scientificName 48 0
scientificNameID 300 18

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 261

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU
Phylum Chordata 		56
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		38
Chrysoblephus puniceus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		34
Pomadasys olivaceus (Day, 1875)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		32
Nassarius desmoulioides (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		27
Pagellus natalensis Steindachner, 1903
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		24
Psammacoma levior (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		22
Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Mollusca > Class Scaphopoda 		20
Lembulus gemmulatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		17
Porifera Grant, 1836
Phylum Porifera 		16

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		3 2014
Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2013
Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		1 2012
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		1 2012
Squalus bassi Viana, Carvalho & Ebert, 2017
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		1 2012
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		12 2011
Ophiacantha baccata Mortensen, 1933
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea 		1 2011
Epetriodus freddyi Cohen & Nielsen, 1978
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2011
Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara, 1943
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8 2010
Malthopsis austrafricana Ho, 2013
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		5 2010

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