Zone du Large et de la ZEE - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Zone du Large et de la ZEE

Statistics

Occurrence records	904
Species level	891
Species	46
Taxa	56
Datasets	13
Time range	1956 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	898	1
eventDate	795	0
maximumDepthInMeters	895	0
minimumDepthInMeters	899	0
occurrenceStatus	69	0

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data Published 2025-03-20	642
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	64
Ecoscope Balbaya Database Published 2025-03-20	62
Ecoscope Observation Database Published 2025-03-20	60
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	39
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	27
Stellwagen Shearwater Tagging 2018 (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2024-11-01	4
Tracking arctic tern Sterna paradisaea between breeding sites in the northern arctic and temperate regions and survival/molt areas in the Antarctic pack‐ice zone. (2008-2015) Published 2022-10-10	1
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	1
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1

Distribution

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

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
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	125
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	125
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	124
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	123
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	55
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	47
Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	47
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	43
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	38
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2023
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2008
Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2002
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13	2000
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14	2000
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	17	2000
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14	2000
Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	1964
Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	1964
Oxyporhamphus similis Bruun, 1935 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	1964

Data providers

Name	Records
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	828
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	60
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	42
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	40
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	27
Duke University	4
SEATURTLE.ORG	4
Stellwagen	4
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	1
The Natural History Museum	1