Malaysia - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Malaysia

Statistics

Occurrence records	23,381
Species level	18,421
Species	3,782
Taxa	4,977
Datasets	134
Time range	1823 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,034
No WoRMS match	1,119
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	22
No accepted name available	163

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	14,958	349
eventDate	5,756	0
maximumDepthInMeters	17,956	2
minimumDepthInMeters	14,064	2
occurrenceStatus	9,712	0
scientificName	240	0
scientificNameID	4,713	13

Spatial issues

Records on land	7,178
More than 20 km from shore	187
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	672

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	3,544
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	2,526
Asia-Pacific Dataset Published 2024-06-14	1,685
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	1,241
Fish Collection from the South China Sea Repository and Reference Centre (RRC), Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Published 2024-04-16	956
PANGAEA - Data from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Published 2025-03-20	907
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	895
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	860
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	629
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	607

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
Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909 Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Trematoda	243
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	240
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	130
Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	111
Fissurina Reuss, 1850 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Nodosariata	78
Bulimina aculeata d'Orbigny, 1826 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	78
Cassidulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	78
Uvigerina peregrina Cushman, 1923 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	78
Lobatula wuellerstorfi (Schwager, 1866) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	78
Pyrgoella sphaera (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Tubothalamea	76

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2023
Leiognathus longispinis (Valenciennes, 1835) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2023
Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber, 1894) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2023
Brachygobius sabanus Inger, 1958 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2023
Mystus wolffii (Bleeker, 1851) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2023
Deveximentum megalolepis (Mochizuki & Hayashi, 1989) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2023
Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2022
Mugilogobius tigrinus Larson, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2022
Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2022
Phenacostethus smithi Myers, 1928 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	4,569
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	3,544
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	3,288
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	2,869
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,885
South China Sea Repository and Reference Centre, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	1,753
Frontier Research Center for Global Change/JAMSTEC	1,685
InvertEBase	1,242
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	1,241
Australian Museum	1,160