Gulf of Suez - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Suez

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,344
Species level	1,213
Species	425
Taxa	493
Datasets	45
Time range	1786 - 2014

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2
No WoRMS match	65
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	32

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	927	388
eventDate	497	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,086	0
minimumDepthInMeters	978	0
occurrenceStatus	875	0
scientificName	25	0
scientificNameID	193	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	61
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	4

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	300
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	296
Red Sea Cetacean Review - Sightings Published 2021-04-24	133
F.M.Ghazzawi (1939) Plankton of the Egyptian waters. A study of the Suez Canal Plankton. Notes and Memories of the Hydrobiology and Fisheries Directorate of Egypt, No 24. (A) The Phytoplankton. Preliminary Report Published 2020-04-02	126
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	109
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	108
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	53
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	37
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	27
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	22

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
Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832 [1833]) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	79
Tursiops Gervais, 1855 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	38
Laeops natalensis Norman, 1931 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32
Stephanolepis setifer (Bennett, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18
Nemipterus randalli Russell, 1986 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18
Aseraggodes sinusarabici Chabanaud, 1931 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18
Asterorhombus intermedius (Bleeker, 1865) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16
Engyprosopon latifrons (Regan, 1908) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16
Entacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	15
Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Luidia clathrata (Say, 1825) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	1	2014
Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2014
Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2014
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	2014
Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Pseudochromis flavivertex Rüppell, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Pseudochromis fridmani Klausewitz, 1968 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	383
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	300
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	296
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	171
Duke University	135
Tethys Research Institute	133
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture	132
Diveboard	109
Datafable	109
California Academy of Sciences	108