Southern Brazilian Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Southern Brazilian Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	30,836
Species level	26,364
Species	1,487
Taxa	1,867
Datasets	115
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2,551
No WoRMS match	625
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	92
No accepted name available	820

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	36,162	54
eventDate	1,124	0
maximumDepthInMeters	22,458	5
minimumDepthInMeters	29,646	5
occurrenceStatus	19,633	0
scientificName	334	0
scientificNameID	1,651	72

Spatial issues

Records on land	15,462
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	4,090

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Previous Fisheries REVIZEE Program Published 2021-07-02	9,683
Biological dataset for Pagrus pagrus fished along Southern Brazil Published 2025-03-20	5,801
Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database II, REVIZEE South Area (WSAOBIS) Published 2021-07-02	2,151
Interannual variability of ichthyoplankton diversity in the Patos Lagoon estuary Southern Brazil Published 2020-10-22	1,461
PELD-ELPA Species composition and abundance patterns of fish assemblages at shallow waters of Patos Lagoon estuary Published 2022-12-08	1,312
PELD-ELPA Continuous monitoring of the micro and mesozooplankton of the Patos Lagoon estuary and adjacent coastal area Published 2022-12-08	1,261
Extreme_South_BR Published 2021-07-02	1,219
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	1,144
Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database I, REVIZEE South Area (WSAOBIS) Published 2021-07-02	850
Invertebrates, REVIZEE South Region - Benthos Published 2021-07-02	715

Distribution

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Records

Composition

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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
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,001
Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	728
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	631
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	606
Brevoortia pectinata (Jenyns, 1842) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	560
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	552
Paralichthys Girard, 1858 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	541
Cynoscion guatucupa (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	481
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	435
Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	419

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2021
Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard, 1855 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Stellifer stellifer (Bloch, 1790) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2017
Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2017
Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Genidens genidens (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2013
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	16,478
WSAOBIS	9,683
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	6,242
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Oceanografia	5,801
Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA)	4,932
Federal University of Rio Grande-FURG, Rio Grande	4,034
Sorbonne Université	1,443
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande	1,261
British Antarctic Survey	1,203
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	1,153