Tortuguero – Barra del Colorado - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Tortuguero – Barra del Colorado

Statistics

Occurrence records	933
Species level	889
Species	130
Taxa	158
Datasets	7
Time range	1955 - 2004

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	173
No WoRMS match	93
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	1

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	965	0
eventDate	908	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,120	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,120	0
occurrenceStatus	1,188	0
scientificName	91	0
scientificNameID	134	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,043
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	680
University of Costa Rica (UCR) Fish Database Published	184
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	25
Fish specimens Published	22
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	11
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	9
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	2

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
Vieja maculicauda (Regan, 1905) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	80
Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	43
Centropomus pectinatus Poey, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	43
Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède, 1800 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	38
Citharichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34
Eleotris amblyopsis (Cope, 1871) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	29
Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	27
Eleotris pisonis (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	26
Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	21
Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Guavina guavina (Valenciennes, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2004
Vieja maculicauda (Regan, 1905) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44	1996
Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	1991
Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1985
Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1985
Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	1985
Diplectrum labarum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1985
Eucinostomus havana (Nichols, 1912) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1985
Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1985
Rostroraja equatorialis (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	1985

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	680
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	217
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology Museum of Zoology	184
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology; Museum of Zoology	184
Royal Ontario Museum	47
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	11
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	9
Australian Museum	9
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	2
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	2