Honduras: North Atlantic - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Honduras: North Atlantic

Statistics

Occurrence records	7,168
Species level	6,099
Species	1,573
Taxa	1,829
Datasets	70
Time range	1885 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	636
No WoRMS match	397
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	10
No accepted name available	31

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	7,170	391
eventDate	3,671	0
maximumDepthInMeters	6,088	62
minimumDepthInMeters	6,092	0
occurrenceStatus	5,990	0
scientificName	250	0
scientificNameID	1,658	91

Spatial issues

Records on land	2,293
More than 20 km from shore	97
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	283

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	2,812
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	527
ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library Published 2022-06-08	402
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	394
Sea turtle tracking in Bonaire 2003-2011 Published 2021-04-24	378
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	344
University of Costa Rica (UCR) Fish Database Published	326
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	255
Marine Invertebrate voucher specimens at the Florida Biodiversity Collection, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Published 2022-03-30	249
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	231

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
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	411
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	220
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	190
Pterois Oken, 1817 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	94
Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	89
Rhizophora mangle L. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	83
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	65
Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède, 1800 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	54
Gambusia nicaraguensis Günther, 1866 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49
Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2018
Apogon gouldi Smith-Vaniz, 1977 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018
Priolepis hipoliti (Metzelaar, 1922) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2018
Gillellus uranidea Böhlke, 1968 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018
Lipogramma klayi Randall, 1963 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018
Malacoctenus erdmani Smith, 1957 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018
Malacoctenus macropus (Poey, 1868) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018
Paraclinus fasciatus (Steindachner, 1876) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018
Risor ruber (Rosén, 1911) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20	2018
Starksia robertsoni Baldwin, Victor & Castillo, 2011 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	2,812
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,167
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	758
Duke University	486
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	463
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	424
ECOCEAN USA	402
Florida Museum of Natural History	394
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	391
Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire	386