Sian Ka'an - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Sian Ka'an

Statistics

Occurrence records	461
Species level	442
Species	109
Taxa	115
Datasets	10
Time range	1960 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	4
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	428	31
eventDate	47	0
maximumDepthInMeters	84	0
minimumDepthInMeters	84	0
occurrenceStatus	274	0
scientificName	3	0
scientificNameID	6	3

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	192
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	183
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	42
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	33
GVI Mexico Coral Reef Monitoring Published 2021-04-24	6
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	1
United States Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database Published 2015-09-11	1
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	1
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	1
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	1

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
Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	42
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	31
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	17
Orbicella franksi (Gregory, 1895) NT Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	16
Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14
Agaricia Lamarck, 1801 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	13
Scarus iseri (Bloch, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12
Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	11
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	11

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2016
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	3	2015
Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2015
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	1999
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	17	1999
Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14	1999
Scarus iseri (Bloch, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13	1999
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	31	1999
Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	42	1999
Orbicella franksi (Gregory, 1895) NT Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	16	1999

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	408
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	375
Universidad Simon Bolivar	183
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	42
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	33
Duke University	6
GVI Mexico	6
California Academy of Sciences	1
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	1
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1