Wadi El-Gemal Elba

Statistics

Occurrence records 1,014
Species level 941
Species 267
Taxa 295
Datasets 28
Time range 1895 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 0
No WoRMS match 23
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 684 313
eventDate 98 0
maximumDepthInMeters 850 0
minimumDepthInMeters 604 0
occurrenceStatus 241 0
scientificName 2 0
scientificNameID 213 10

Spatial issues

Records on land 8
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 26

Top datasets

Dataset Records
Red Sea Cetacean Review - Sightings
Published 2021-04-24
309
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University
Published 2025-03-20
246
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations
Published 2025-03-20
130
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ)
Published 2025-03-17
123
UF Invertebrate Zoology
Published 2024-02-12
66
Senckenberg's collection management system
Published 2025-03-20
42
Queensland Museum Corals
Published 2023-06-28
13
Hexacorallians of the world
Published 2020-06-09
12
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
11
Global distribution of Manta and Mobula rays - A citizen science project based upon a survey of divers
Published 2021-04-16
10

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
95
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
60
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
55
Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832 [1833]) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
52
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
45
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
45
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
41
Globigerinella siphonifera (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
30
Globigerinella calida (Parker, 1962)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
30
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
23

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2016
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2014
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2014
Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda
1 2014
Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2014
Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2014
Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2014
Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2014
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2014
Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2014

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 425
Duke University 314
Tethys Research Institute 311
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen 246
Diveboard 130
Datafable 130
California Academy of Sciences 123
Florida Museum of Natural History 66
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 45
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung; Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Frankfurt a. M; Abteilung Marine Zoologie; Sektion Crustacea 42