Belize - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Belize

Statistics

Occurrence records	170,591
Species level	30,277
Species	2,237
Taxa	2,965
Datasets	79
Time range	1914 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	592
No WoRMS match	477
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	230
No accepted name available	104,050

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	169,107	537
eventDate	2,885	0
maximumDepthInMeters	155,833	146
minimumDepthInMeters	156,104	0
occurrenceStatus	14,932	0
scientificName	123	0
scientificNameID	3,932	16

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,091
More than 20 km from shore	7
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	119

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize): April 2023 Published 2024-12-08	147,830
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	5,663
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	4,244
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	4,057
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,924
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	1,692
MarineGEO visual diver surveys of fish communities around Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 2015 Published 2019-11-15	1,135
KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection Published	518
KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection Published 2025-03-04	516
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	490

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	847
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	782
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	763
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda	734
Montastraea Blainville, 1830 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	648

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44	2023
Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	72	2023
Clathria (Thalysias) reinwardti Vosmaer, 1880 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	51	2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae	45	2023
Anchoa cayorum (Fowler, 1906) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	42	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
Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44	2023
Paramoeba branchiphila (Dyková, B.F.Nowak, Crosbie, I.Fiala, H.Pecková, M.B.Adams, Macháčková & Dvořáková) Feehan, Johnson-Mackinnon, Scheibling, Lauzon & A.G.B.Simpson, 2013 Phylum Amoebozoa > Class Discosea	45	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	148,250
Belize Fisheries Department	147,830
UNESCO-IOC	147,830
UNESCO-WHC	147,830
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	14,615
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	9,907
Universidad Simon Bolivar	5,692
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	4,547
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,924
InvertEBase	1,697