Honduras: North Pacific - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Honduras: North Pacific

Statistics

Occurrence records	205
Species level	178
Species	65
Taxa	82
Datasets	13
Time range	1926 - 2012

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	13
No WoRMS match	28
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	119	0
eventDate	121	0
maximumDepthInMeters	190	0
minimumDepthInMeters	203	0
occurrenceStatus	235	0
scientificName	22	0
scientificNameID	89	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	172
More than 20 km from shore	3
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	5

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	86
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-24	48
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	36
University of Costa Rica (UCR) Fish Database Published	9
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	9
Ocean Genome Legacy Collection Published 2022-08-15	7
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	3
Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection Published 2023-06-28	2
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	1
Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection Published 2025-03-10	1

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
Anableps dowii Gill, 1861 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34
Occidentarius platypogon (Günther, 1864) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32
Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8
Ilisha fuerthii (Steindachner, 1875) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Ucides occidentalis (Ortmann, 1897) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	6
Poeciliopsis turrubarensis (Meek, 1912) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5
Cynoscion praedatorius (Jordan & Gilbert, 1889) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Paralonchurus dumerilii (Bocourt, 1869) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Microgobius Poey, 1876 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Centropomus Lacepède, 1802 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2012
Goniopsis pulchra (Lockington, 1877) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2011
Ucides occidentalis (Ortmann, 1897) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	6	2011
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	1	2010
Caranx caninus Günther, 1867 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2001
Chaetodon humeralis Günther, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2001
Pseudupeneus grandisquamis (Gill, 1863) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2001
Microgobius tabogensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2001
Ctenogobius manglicola (Jordan & Starks, 1895) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2001
Ctenogobius sagittula (Günther, 1862) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2001

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	86
California Academy of Sciences	49
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	48
California Academy of Sciences	48
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	39
Swedish Museum of Natural History	9
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology Museum of Zoology	9
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology; Museum of Zoology	9
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	7
Northeastern University Marine Science Center	7