| Occurrence records | 3,874 | |
| Species level | 3,767 |
|
| Species | 553 | |
| Taxa | 596 | |
| Datasets | 26 | |
| Time range | 1919 - 2023 |
| Dropped records | 0 |
|
| Not marine | 126 |
|
| No WoRMS match | 745 |
|
| No coordinates | 0 |
|
| Zero coordinates | 0 |
|
| Marine unsure | 10 |
|
| No accepted name available | 13 |
|
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| basisOfRecord | 89 | 0 |
|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 1,000 | 3,652 |
|
| eventDate | 386 | 0 |
|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 4,533 | 0 |
|
| minimumDepthInMeters | 4,513 | 0 |
|
| occurrenceStatus | 4,560 | 0 |
|
| scientificName | 653 | 0 |
|
| scientificNameID | 4,192 | 1 |
|
| Records on land | 556 |
|
| More than 20 km from shore | 0 |
|
| Depth exceeds bathymetric depth | 2 |
|
| Dataset | Records |
|---|---|
|
FishBase Database
Published 2023-03-23 |
3,250 |
|
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19 |
155 |
|
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20 |
93 |
|
Marine fish species in Benin EEZ
Published 2016-02-26 |
87 |
|
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Published 2025-03-18 |
73 |
|
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris)
Published |
43 |
|
Macroinvertebrates in the intertidal area of Benin
Published 2024-04-26 |
43 |
|
Marine fish species off Lagos coast, Nigeria
Published 2016-05-05 |
33 |
|
Ecoscope Balbaya Database
Published 2025-03-20 |
20 |
|
PHYTOPLANKTON AND FLORA COMPOSITION OF SOUTH WESTERN REGION OF THE NIGERIAN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS
Published 2022-10-14 |
20 |
| Scientific name | Records |
|---|---|
|
Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
53 |
|
Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1847
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
32 |
|
Citharichthys stampflii (Steindachner, 1894)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
29 |
|
Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
26 |
|
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
20 |
|
Cynoglossus senegalensis (Kaup, 1858)
NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
19 |
|
Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
19 |
|
Dagetichthys lusitanicus (de Brito Capello, 1868)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
19 |
|
Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
18 |
|
Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
18 |
| Scientific name | Records | Since |
|---|---|---|
|
Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca |
2 | 2023 |
|
Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes, 1850)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca |
2 | 2023 |
|
Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca |
1 | 2023 |
|
Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea |
1 | 2023 |
|
Isocladus otion Barnard, 1955
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca |
1 | 2023 |
|
Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda |
5 | 2023 |
|
Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda |
1 | 2023 |
|
Ocypode africana De Man, 1881
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca |
1 | 2023 |
|
Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda |
1 | 2023 |
|
Arbacia nigra (Molina, 1782)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea |
1 | 2023 |
| Name | Records |
|---|---|
| Swedish Museum of Natural History | 3,250 |
| Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute | 155 |
| Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee | 96 |
| The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | 93 |
| Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science | 93 |
| Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin | 87 |
| Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch | 87 |
| Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO | 76 |
| InvertEBase | 75 |
| Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | 73 |