Trinidad and Tobago

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Statistics

Occurrence records 8,897
Species level 7,596
Species 1,658
Taxa 2,036
Datasets 63
Time range 1884 - 2014

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,141
No WoRMS match 414
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 4
No accepted name available 7

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 9,114 30
eventDate 3,827 0
maximumDepthInMeters 8,447 0
minimumDepthInMeters 8,075 0
occurrenceStatus 8,379 0
scientificName 160 0
scientificNameID 2,109 3

Spatial issues

Records on land 3,454
More than 20 km from shore 10
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 271

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		65
Fregata de Lacepède, 1799
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		57
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		52
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		50
Heterosiphonia Montagne, 1842
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae 		44
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		43
Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		42
Gnatholepis thompsoni Jordan, 1904
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		39
Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		38
Ogilbia Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		38

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Gigantidas childressi (Gustafson, R. D. Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		7 2014
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		1 2011
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2011
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2011
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2011
Haemulon bonariense Cuvier, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2011
Apolemichthys arcuatus (Gray, 1831)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2011
Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2 2011
Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2 2011
Caranx ruber (Bloch, 1793)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2011

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