New Zealand: Cook Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

New Zealand: Cook Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	17,381
Species level	15,036
Species	1,458
Taxa	1,985
Datasets	72
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	316
No WoRMS match	1,044
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	7

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	12,418	38
eventDate	3,108	0
maximumDepthInMeters	12,956	43
minimumDepthInMeters	11,233	0
occurrenceStatus	5,777	0
scientificName	144	0
scientificNameID	4,738	6

Spatial issues

Records on land	2,491
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	282

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
SPC CoFish Invertebrates Observations Cook Islands 2007 Published 2019-02-11	5,122
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Reef fish dataset Published 2018-08-08	2,450
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	1,577
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	1,243
Tracking of the broadbill swordfish Xiphias gladius in the South Pacific Ocean (2004-2013) Published 2024-08-13	1,021
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	909
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	680
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	486
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	389
NIWA Invertebrate Collection Published 2022-11-24	311

Distribution

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

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
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,021
Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	692
Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	599
Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	526
Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	461
Stichopus chloronotus Brandt, 1835 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	455
Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) VU Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	333
Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	297
Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	264
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	227

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2019
Saron marmoratus (Olivier, 1811) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2016
Apogon crassiceps Garman, 1903 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2015
Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2015
Choeroichthys brachysoma (Bleeker, 1855) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2015
Pseudoplesiops revellei Schultz, 1953 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Pacific Community	5,122
Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR)	5,122
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	3,237
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	2,682
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	2,097
Florida Museum of Natural History	1,577
InvertEBase	1,243
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	1,243
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	1,237
CSIRO Environment	1,021