Liberia

Statistics

Occurrence records 28,879
Species level 28,399
Species 674
Taxa 734
Datasets 46
Time range 1849 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 260
No WoRMS match 4,440
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 3
No accepted name available 3

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 10,311 23,118
eventDate 9,135 0
maximumDepthInMeters 33,179 0
minimumDepthInMeters 32,781 0
occurrenceStatus 24,383 0
scientificName 4,279 0
scientificNameID 23,690 9

Spatial issues

Records on land 389
More than 20 km from shore 56
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 67

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,409
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,034
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
905
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
740
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
727
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
713
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
655
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
501
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
302
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
284

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
6 2023
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
8 2007
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
36 2000
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
39 1999
Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
12 1999
Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode & Bean, 1886
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 1997
Microstoma microstoma (Risso, 1810)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 1997
Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 1997
Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 1997
Ichthyococcus polli Blache, 1964
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 1997

Data providers

Name Records
Swedish Museum of Natural History 18,978
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 8,748
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 442
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 387
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 323
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 274
InvertEBase 50
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 50
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure 49
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD 44