Madagascar

Statistics

Occurrence records 98,742
Species level 77,405
Species 5,822
Taxa 7,375
Datasets 138
Time range 1706 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 16,374
No WoRMS match 7,386
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 655
No accepted name available 405

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 106,428 11,338
eventDate 57,373 0
maximumDepthInMeters 109,451 2
minimumDepthInMeters 108,144 0
occurrenceStatus 47,177 0
scientificName 1,390 0
scientificNameID 32,438 73

Spatial issues

Records on land 25,948
More than 20 km from shore 61
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1,811

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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
6,162
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4,843
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4,353
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
4,085
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3,993
Laridae Vigors, 1825
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
3,724
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,688
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,652
Onychoprion Wagler, 1832
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2,324
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,041

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Balaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
11 2023
Alitta yarae Álvarez, Desiderato & Mucciolo, 2023
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
1 2021
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
2 2020
Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
2 2018
Caranx papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2016
Fujuriphyes hydra Cepeda, Pardos, Zeppilli & Sánchez, 2020
Phylum Kinorhyncha > Class Allomalorhagida
1 2015
Ophiomyxa vivipara Studer, 1876
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
1 2014
Amphilepis mobilis Koehler, 1904
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
1 2014
Astrothorax waitei (Benham, 1909)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
1 2014
Ophioplax lamellosa Matsumoto, 1915
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
2 2014

Data providers

Name Records
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 46,481
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 11,463
Duke University 10,049
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS 8,070
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS 8,070
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India 6,560
National Chemical Laboratory; Information Division 6,449
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 6,327
InvertEBase 4,102
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4,035