Saya de Malha Bank - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Saya de Malha Bank

Statistics

Occurrence records	19,194
Species level	14,251
Species	384
Taxa	473
Datasets	31
Time range	1849 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	130
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	87

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	19,246	52
eventDate	17,202	0
maximumDepthInMeters	17,399	0
minimumDepthInMeters	17,558	0
occurrenceStatus	573	0
scientificName	62	0
scientificNameID	232	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	251

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Ecoscope Observation Database Published 2025-03-20	16,314
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1,380
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data Published 2025-03-20	392
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	347
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	331
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	100
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	88
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	68
Acoustic detections in Indian Ocean Published 2022-05-23	47
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	24

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 albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,387
Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	3,419
Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2,165
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1,240
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	590
Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	506
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	405
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	195
Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	192
Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	181

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2021
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2021
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	4	2021
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2021
Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky, 2013 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2012
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Amphiprion chrysogaster Cuvier, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	16,730
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	16,330
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	1,383
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1,383
National Museum of Nature and Science, Department of Zoology, Tsukuba	347
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	331
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	111
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	100
Swedish Museum of Natural History	88
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	78