Nauru - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Nauru

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,342
Species level	3,173
Species	361
Taxa	418
Datasets	28
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	12
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	6

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	431	6
eventDate	252	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,266	6
minimumDepthInMeters	3,185	6
occurrenceStatus	166	0
scientificNameID	171	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	310
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
SPC CoFish Fish Observations Nauru 2005 Published 2022-06-19	2,647
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	148
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	146
Asia-Pacific Dataset Published 2024-06-14	107
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	94
PANGAEA - Data from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Published 2025-03-20	76
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	42
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	26
Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection Published 2023-06-28	11
TOPP Summary of SSM-derived Telemetry Published 2021-04-28	5

Distribution

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Records

Composition

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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
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	100
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	100
Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	100
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	99
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	98
Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	98
Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	97
Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	95
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	95
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	94

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Dactylanthias aplodactylus (Bleeker, 1858) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2012
Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	97	2005
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	100	2005
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	99	2005
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	98	2005
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	100	2005
Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	100	2005
Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	98	2005

Data providers

Name	Records
Pacific Community	2,647
Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority	2,647
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	166
Australian Museum	162
Florida Museum of Natural History	148
Frontier Research Center for Global Change/JAMSTEC	107
Duke University	99
WCS Canada	94
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	77
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel	76