Bangladesh - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Bangladesh

Statistics

Occurrence records	84,603
Species level	8,201
Species	472
Taxa	891
Datasets	43
Time range	1758 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	229
No WoRMS match	80
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	146
No accepted name available	49,150

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	84,718	0
eventDate	613	0
maximumDepthInMeters	78,073	0
minimumDepthInMeters	78,086	0
occurrenceStatus	893	0
scientificName	42	0
scientificNameID	263	11

Spatial issues

Records on land	13,737
More than 20 km from shore	147
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	176

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in The Sundarbans (Bangladesh): February 2023 Published 2024-12-08	77,039
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	6,600
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	318
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	175
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	107
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	64
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	58
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	37
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	28
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	21

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
Biota incertae sedis	48,521
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	6,700
Animalia	5,494
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2,032
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda	995
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	719
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	711
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	585
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	566
Setipinna tenuifilis (Valenciennes, 1848) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	494

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	282	2023
Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	374	2023
Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	143	2023
Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	236	2023
Stolephorus dubiosus Wongratana, 1983 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	336	2023
Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton, 1822) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	189	2023
Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	337	2023
Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	198	2023
Setipinna tenuifilis (Valenciennes, 1848) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	493	2023
Nuchequula blochii (Valenciennes, 1835) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	163	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	77,039
Dept. of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University	77,039
UNESCO-IOC	77,039
UNESCO-WHC	77,039
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	6,602
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	6,602
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	318
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	306
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	175
InvertEBase	107