Area de Conservaci�n Guanacaste

Statistics

Occurrence records 602
Species level 567
Species 199
Taxa 223
Datasets 10
Time range 1932 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 0
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 547 0
eventDate 34 0
maximumDepthInMeters 109 0
minimumDepthInMeters 103 0
occurrenceStatus 578 0
scientificName 1 0
scientificNameID 35 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 25

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
22
Coryphopterus urospilus Ginsburg, 1938
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
13
Halichoeres dispilus (Günther, 1864)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
12
Plagiotremus azaleus (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
12
Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther, 1870)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
11
Starksia fulva Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
10
Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi Bussing, 1991
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
10
Synodus lacertinus Gilbert, 1890
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
9
Apogon dovii Günther, 1862
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
9
Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
9

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata
2 2008
Enchelycore octaviana (Myers & Wade, 1941)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2005
Gymnothorax castaneus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2005
Muraena lentiginosa Jenyns, 1842
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
6 2005
Apogon retrosella (Gill, 1862)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2005
Ophioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2005
Abudefduf troschelii (Gill, 1862)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2005
Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns, 1840)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2005
Alphestes immaculatus Breder, 1936
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2005
Malacoctenus zonifer (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2005

Data providers

Name Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 513
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology Museum of Zoology 512
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology; Museum of Zoology 512
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 30
California Academy of Sciences 29
California Academy of Sciences 29
Duke University 23
Happywhale 22
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 4
Diveboard 4