Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Statistics

Occurrence records	159,381
Species level	20,440
Species	1,471
Taxa	2,012
Datasets	44
Time range	1946 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	167
No WoRMS match	153
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	229
No accepted name available	104,030

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	158,427	3
eventDate	1,129	0
maximumDepthInMeters	151,716	0
minimumDepthInMeters	151,989	0
occurrenceStatus	7,339	0
scientificName	32	0
scientificNameID	1,301	6

Spatial issues

Records on land	138
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	32

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize): April 2023 Published 2024-12-08	147,830
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	3,344
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	2,682
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	1,342
MarineGEO visual diver surveys of fish communities around Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 2015 Published 2019-11-15	1,135
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	889
KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection Published	412
KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection Published 2025-03-04	410
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	397
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	206

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	103,978
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	11,172
Animalia	8,369
Florideophyceae Cronquist, 1960 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1,078
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,013
Harengula humeralis (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	848
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	763
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda	734
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	542
Sparisoma Swainson, 1839 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	533

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	61	2023
Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	60	2023
Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	167	2023
Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	72	2023
Eucinostomus gula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	68	2023
Clathria (Thalysias) reinwardti Vosmaer, 1880 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	51	2023
Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	48	2023
Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	286	2023
Malacoctenus macropus (Poey, 1868) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	100	2023
Harengula humeralis (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	845	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	147,855
Belize Fisheries Department	147,830
UNESCO-IOC	147,830
UNESCO-WHC	147,830
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	7,873
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	4,024
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	3,741
Universidad Simon Bolivar	2,705
Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network	1,135
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	889