Tuvalu

Statistics

Occurrence records 6,973
Species level 5,693
Species 1,060
Taxa 1,481
Datasets 49
Time range 1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 10
No WoRMS match 128
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 1
No accepted name available 109

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,842 120
eventDate 1,790 0
maximumDepthInMeters 5,361 78
minimumDepthInMeters 5,230 79
occurrenceStatus 1,569 0
scientificName 36 0
scientificNameID 414 5

Spatial issues

Records on land 16
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 425

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
99
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
75
Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
74
Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
74
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
72
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
70
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
69
Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
66
Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
62
Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
61

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2019
Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2015
Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2 2014
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
2 2012
Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
12 2009
Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2009
Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
15 2009
Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster (Bleeker, 1847)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
20 2009
Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
8 2009
Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan & Starks, 1901
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
20 2009