Guyana - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Guyana

Statistics

Occurrence records	5,343
Species level	4,722
Species	929
Taxa	1,128
Datasets	47
Time range	1849 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	705
No WoRMS match	232
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	15

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	5,313	24
eventDate	2,110	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,755	0
minimumDepthInMeters	4,718	0
occurrenceStatus	4,570	0
scientificName	229	0
scientificNameID	716	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,313
More than 20 km from shore	587
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	95

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,588
Diversidad de Foraminiferos en Venezuela Published 2022-11-08	830
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	491
Universidad Simon Bolivar Museum of Natural Sciences Published	368
Morrocoy Gastropods Amphipods Published	345
Crustaceos del Museo de Ciencias naturales de la Universidad Simón Bolívar Published 2017-11-29	283
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	212
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	191
Algunos Copépodos de la Fachada Atlántica de Venezuela Published 2022-10-24	184
Fish specimens Published	179

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
Lestrigonus shoemakeri Bowman, 1973 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	77
Lestrigonus schizogeneios (Stebbing, 1888) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	71
Eupronoe maculata Claus, 1879 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	70
Lycaeopsis themistoides Claus, 1879 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	68
Tetrathyrus forcipatus Claus, 1879 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	63
Brachyscelus crusculum Spence Bate, 1861 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	62
Paratyphis parvus Claus, 1887 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	57
Thyropus sphaeroma (Claus, 1879) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	57
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	53
Platyscelus armatus (Claus, 1879) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	48

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2011
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Archosargus rhomboidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2010
Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas, 1770) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann & Kendall, 1896) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Batrachoides surinamensis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2010
Cetengraulis edentulus (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,699
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,588
Universidad Simon Bolivar	1,526
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	703
Royal Ontario Museum	370
Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA)	345
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	255
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	255
Universidad Central de Venezuela	191
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	84