Raja Ampat and Northern Bird's Head - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Raja Ampat and Northern Bird's Head

Statistics

Occurrence records	4,362
Species level	3,547
Species	964
Taxa	1,180
Datasets	61
Time range	1842 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	21
No WoRMS match	111
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	6
No accepted name available	31

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,465	8
eventDate	1,741	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,323	122
minimumDepthInMeters	3,442	3
occurrenceStatus	2,918	0
scientificName	35	0
scientificNameID	1,089	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	452
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	168

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	736
Western Australian Museum Fish Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	587
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	572
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	483
Fish specimens Published	475
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	281
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	240
Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection Published 2023-06-28	102
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	101
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	84

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
Trimma stobbsi Winterbottom, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	66
Trimma haimassum Winterbottom, 2011 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	63
Trimma agrena Winterbottom & Chen, 2004 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	52
Trimma xanthochrum Winterbottom, 2011 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	52
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	50
Trimma striatum (Herre, 1945) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	48
Eviota korechika Shibukawa & Suzuki, 2005 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	47
Priolepis vexilla Winterbottom & Burridge, 1993 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	45
Trimma tevegae Cohen & Davis, 1969 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44
Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	43

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2019
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11	2019
Sueviota minersorum Greenfield, Erdmann & Utama, 2019 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Eviota erdmanni Tornabene & Greenfield, 2016 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Halodule pinifolia (Miki) Hartog Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	2	2016
Oceana serrulata (R.Brown) Byng & Christenh. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	1	2016
Cymodocea rotundata Ascherson & Schweinfurth, 1870 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	5	2015
Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenberg) Ascherson, 1871 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	5	2015
Enhalus acoroides (Linnaeus f.) Royle, 1839 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	4	2015
Eviota imitata Greenfield, Tornabene & Erdmann, 2017 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Royal Ontario Museum	958
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	896
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	848
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	736
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	664
Western Australian Museum	587
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	572
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	282
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	282
California Academy of Sciences	244