Suriname - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Suriname

Statistics

Occurrence records	15,142
Species level	13,409
Species	1,321
Taxa	1,677
Datasets	60
Time range	1824 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,366
No WoRMS match	630
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	376
No accepted name available	6

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	7,563	17
eventDate	3,512	0
maximumDepthInMeters	13,648	13
minimumDepthInMeters	13,317	0
occurrenceStatus	5,926	0
scientificName	337	0
scientificNameID	3,442	7

Spatial issues

Records on land	5,156
More than 20 km from shore	139
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	193

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Opportunistic records of marine megafauna in Suriname Published 2021-04-24	5,095
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	2,613
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	971
Dedicated boat-based surveys for marine megafauna in Suriname Published 2021-04-24	944
SeaTurtle surveys on Braamspunt by Green Heritage Fund of Suriname Published 2021-04-24	940
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	854
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	780
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	674
CephBase Published	295
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	266

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
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	816
Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	271
Rynchops niger Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	249
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	241
Biota	231
Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	223
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	218
Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	203
Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	183
Actitis macularius Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	179

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2015
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2015
Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	12	2015
Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2015
Piranga olivacea (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2015
Progne dominicensis (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2015
Tyrannus savana Daudin, 1802 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2015
Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2014
Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	7,175
Wageningen Marine Research	7,152
Green Heritage Fund of Suriname	7,152
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	2,613
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	2,517
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	1,825
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	891
National Museum of Nature and Science, Department of Zoology, Tsukuba	780
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	392
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	392