Gough and Inaccessible Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gough and Inaccessible Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	2,523
Species level	2,486
Species	197
Taxa	227
Datasets	34
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	240
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	3

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,677	0
eventDate	418	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,359	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,344	0
occurrenceStatus	2,374	0
scientificName	232	0
scientificNameID	269	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,525
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	189

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Animal Demography Unit - South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING) Published 2020-12-02	2,011
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	154
Biological observations from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1952 Published 2019-03-15	53
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	38
Antarctic Amphipod Crustaceans: Ant'Phipoda Database (BIANZO) Published 2019-03-19	38
SOMBASE BIOCONSTRUCTORS Published 2024-08-05	36
SOMBASE – Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution Published 2019-06-26	34
iziko South African Museum - Marine Mammal Collection Published 2020-12-02	25
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	20
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	13

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
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,474
Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	384
Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	75
Pachyptila vittata (Forster, 1777) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	33
Sebastes capensis (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	28
Nemadactylus monodactylus (Carmichael, 1819) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	25
Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	23
Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	21
Helicolenus mouchezi (Sauvage, 1875) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	17
Bovichtus diacanthus (Carmichael, 1819) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Tentorium semisuberites (Schmidt, 1870) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	1	2004
Sclerasterias eustyla (Sladen, 1889) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	1	2004
Arnoglossus capensis Boulenger, 1898 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2004
Lepidoperca coatsii (Regan, 1913) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2004
Pachyptila vittata (Forster, 1777) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	33	1993
Garrodia nereis (Gould, 1841) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	1993
Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	1993
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	1992

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	2,082
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	2,037
University of Cape Town; Department of Zoology	2,011
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	154
British Antarctic Survey	87
iziko South African Museum	71
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	62
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	43
Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research	38
Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility	38