Quelimane to Zuni River (Zambezi River Delta) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Quelimane to Zuni River (Zambezi River Delta)

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,358
Species level	925
Species	342
Taxa	375
Datasets	42
Time range	1758 - 2014

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	59
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	26

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,306	0
eventDate	99	0
maximumDepthInMeters	597	0
minimumDepthInMeters	610	0
occurrenceStatus	354	0
scientificName	5	0
scientificNameID	86	42

Spatial issues

Records on land	21
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	539
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	188
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	103
Revealing migratory behaviour of South African leatherback turtles Published 2021-04-24	66
Biological Reference Collections ICM CSIC Published 2025-03-20	65
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	63
IndOBIS Dataset (46001-48000) Published 2022-01-14	33
AICM satellite tracked loggerhead sea turtles from Mozambique 2012 under SWIOFP Published 2021-04-24	30
IndOBIS Dataset (44001-46000) Published 2022-01-14	27
IndOBIS Dataset (40001-42000) Published 2022-01-13	26

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
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	66
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	61
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	50
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	45
Paracalanus Boeck, 1865 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	45
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	45
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	30
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	30
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	21
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	21

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	30	2012
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	66	2012
Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2007
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2007
Thryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2007
Uroconger lepturus (Richardson, 1845) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2007
Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2007
Drepane longimana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2007
Paratrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2007
Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2007

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	539
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	539
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	222
National Chemical Laboratory; Information Division	188
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa	187
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	187
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	103
Duke University	96
Fundacion Oceanografic	66
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences	65