Ramiros-Palmerinhas (Angola) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Ramiros-Palmerinhas (Angola)

Statistics

Occurrence records	212
Species level	200
Species	114
Taxa	125
Datasets	23
Time range	1900 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	9
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	215	0
eventDate	58	0
maximumDepthInMeters	217	0
minimumDepthInMeters	205	0
occurrenceStatus	166	0
scientificName	11	0
scientificNameID	55	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	40
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	43
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	36
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	32
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	17
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	15
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	13
Angolan Trawl Survey Data Published 2020-12-02	10
A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks Published 2018-11-12	8
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	8
DMNS Marine Invertebrate Collection (Arctos) Published 2023-10-01	7

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
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	22
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	10
Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5
Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5
Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Conus proximus G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4
Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Conus variegatus Kiener, 1848 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2009
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2007
Cynoglossus browni Chabanaud, 1949 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2007
Citharichthys stampflii (Steindachner, 1894) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2007
Pellonula vorax Günther, 1868 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2007
Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2007
Pomadasys perotaei (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2005
Pomadasys rogerii (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2005
Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2005

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	79
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	43
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	43
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	36
iziko South African Museum	36
Swedish Museum of Natural History	17
InvertEBase	15
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	15
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	13
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	12