Ivory Coast - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Ivory Coast

Statistics

Occurrence records	31,671
Species level	31,019
Species	728
Taxa	822
Datasets	45
Time range	1887 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	517
No WoRMS match	4,900
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	1

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	10,539	26,134
eventDate	9,056	0
maximumDepthInMeters	36,472	0
minimumDepthInMeters	36,327	0
occurrenceStatus	28,002	0
scientificName	4,725	0
scientificNameID	27,174	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	960
More than 20 km from shore	238
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	33

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	21,549
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data Published 2025-03-20	7,157
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	1,014
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	499
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	298
Ecoscope Balbaya Database Published 2025-03-20	289
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	190
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	151
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	148
Ecoscope Observation Database Published 2025-03-20	60

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
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,135
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,108
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,038
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	922
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	877
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	526
Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	368
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	343
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	316
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	313

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2023
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2015
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	16	2014
Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	5	2014
Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	4	2014
Stenella clymene (Gray, 1850) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2014
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2014
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2014
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3	2014
Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Swedish Museum of Natural History	21,549
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	8,520
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	514
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	499
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	439
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	338
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	298
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	298
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	151
Duke University	83