Bahamas - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Bahamas

Statistics

Occurrence records	154,133
Species level	139,539
Species	4,775
Taxa	6,294
Datasets	147
Time range	1834 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2,002
No WoRMS match	6,771
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	44
No accepted name available	506

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	97,001	55,394
eventDate	31,981	0
maximumDepthInMeters	122,650	79
minimumDepthInMeters	105,863	79
occurrenceStatus	64,736	0
scientificName	857	0
scientificNameID	32,695	702

Spatial issues

Records on land	9,854
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3,818

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
DECAF - AUTEC Beaked Whales - Multiple Sensors - DTag Published 2021-04-24	51,250
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	20,841
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	12,526
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	10,678
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	9,506
BMSM Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum Published 2024-11-18	8,519
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	7,596
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	5,872
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	3,398
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation Opportunistic Sightings Published 2021-04-24	2,895

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
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	51,625
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,189
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2,325
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1,810
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,634
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,377
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,236
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,078
Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	918
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	915

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Enypniastes eximia Théel, 1882 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	1	2019
Thyroscyphus marginatus (Allman, 1877) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	2019
Munidopsis alaminos Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1970 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Munidopsis brevimanus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Periclimenes pandionis Holthuis, 1951 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Calcarovula piragua (Dall, 1889) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2019
Paratelecrinus orthotriremis Messing, 2013 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Crinoidea	1	2019
Jogoya alucia Anker, 2023 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8	2018
Neocallichirus cacahuate Felder & Manning, 1995 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	54,984
Naval Undersea Warfare Center	51,299
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	23,297
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	20,841
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	16,116
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	12,904
InvertEBase	11,668
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	11,386
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	11,137
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	10,678