Praia das conchas e lagoa Azul (Sao Tomé) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Praia das conchas e lagoa Azul (Sao Tomé)

Statistics

Occurrence records	83
Species level	73
Species	40
Taxa	48
Datasets	9
Time range	1904 - 2012

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	15
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	59	0
eventDate	58	0
maximumDepthInMeters	80	8
minimumDepthInMeters	72	8
occurrenceStatus	94	0
scientificName	2	0
scientificNameID	38	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	30
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	28
speciesLink: CIUFES - Ichthyological Collection of the Federal University of Espírito Santo Published 2023-10-25	16
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	15
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	10
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	7
DMNS Marine Invertebrate Collection (Arctos) Published 2023-10-01	4
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	1
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mollusca Collection (Mollusca) Published 2025-03-20	1
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	1

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
Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7
Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Pseudupeneus prayensis (Cuvier, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards, 1857 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3
Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2
Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2
Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2
Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Platybelone annobonensis Collette & Parin, 1970 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Pseudupeneus prayensis (Cuvier, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2006
Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	28
California Academy of Sciences	22
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	16
Federal University of Espírito Santo	16
OBIS	16
California Academy of Sciences	15
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	10
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	10
Berkeley Natural History Museums	4
Denver Museum of Nature & Science	4