Mozambique - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Mozambique

Statistics

Occurrence records	65,090
Species level	43,692
Species	4,785
Taxa	5,302
Datasets	131
Time range	1758 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	290
No WoRMS match	1,525
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	56
No accepted name available	1,868

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	61,035	638
eventDate	17,941	0
maximumDepthInMeters	33,209	0
minimumDepthInMeters	33,598	0
occurrenceStatus	11,739	0
scientificName	1,044	0
scientificNameID	2,944	119

Spatial issues

Records on land	5,600
More than 20 km from shore	45
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,161

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	25,662
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	8,469
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data Published 2025-03-20	6,255
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	3,143
Ecoscope Observation Database Published 2025-03-20	2,379
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	1,531
Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	1,199
AICM satellite tracked loggerhead sea turtles from Mozambique 2012 under SWIOFP Published 2021-04-24	1,150
Cordio East Africa Reef Building Corals 2014 Published 2017-01-13	1,107
ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library Published 2022-06-08	1,047

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
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,431
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,969
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1,775
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	1,640
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,425
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	1,396
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	1,229
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	1,150
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1,068
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,060

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Hyattella sulfurea Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2017
Hyattella pedunculata Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2017
Phoriospongia mozambiquensis Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2017
Rhinoptera jayakari Boulenger, 1895 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	2016
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2014
Gephyroberyx darwinii (Johnson, 1866) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Hoplostethus melanopus (Weber, 1913) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorf, 1878) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2014
Hypselodoris yarae Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2014
Amphimedon palmata Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	25,939
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	25,756
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	11,839
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	8,469
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	4,814
Duke University	3,480
iziko South African Museum	2,924
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2,749
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	2,388
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,543