Guinea

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Statistics

Occurrence records 24,932
Species level 24,742
Species 738
Taxa 749
Datasets 47
Time range 1849 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 117
No WoRMS match 3,164
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 17
No accepted name available 9

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 11,593 16,488
eventDate 1,112 0
maximumDepthInMeters 20,009 0
minimumDepthInMeters 19,657 0
occurrenceStatus 26,597 0
scientificName 2,972 0
scientificNameID 25,755 605

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,072
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 106

Top datasets

Dataset Records
FishBase Database
Published 2023-03-23 		13,554
Guinea fish dataset 1985-1987
Published 2016-03-14 		8,893
Ecoscope tuna observer data
Published 2025-03-20 		638
demersal_species_guinea_eez
Published 2017-11-02 		523
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data
Published 2025-03-20 		259
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections
Published 		152
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19 		139
PANGAEA - Data from Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
Published 2025-03-20 		129
Ecoscope Balbaya Database
Published 2025-03-20 		113
CAS Ichthyology (ICH)
Published 2025-03-17 		102

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,463
Pseudotolithus typus Bleeker, 1863
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,088
Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		908
Ilisha africana (Bloch, 1795)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		793
Pellonula leonensis Boulenger, 1916
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		642
Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		427
Caranx senegallus Cuvier, 1833
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		408
Neochelon falcipinnis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		363
Parachelon grandisquamis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		297
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		294

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1 2023
Amphiura (Amphiura) grandisquama Lyman, 1869
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea 		1 2012
Bathysolea profundicola (Vaillant, 1888)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2012
Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2012
Epigonus pandionis (Goode & Bean, 1881)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2 2012
Dalophis multidentatus Blache & Bauchot, 1972
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2012
Chlorophthalmus atlanticus Poll, 1953
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3 2012
Ophidion lozanoi Matallanas, 1990
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2012
Ophidion saldanhai Matallanas & Brito, 1999
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2012
Snyderidia canina Gilbert, 1905
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2 2012

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