Angola

Statistics

Occurrence records 81,120
Species level 72,861
Species 2,186
Taxa 2,884
Datasets 95
Time range 1840 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 87
No WoRMS match 1,468
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 9
No accepted name available 46

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 75,620 4,321
eventDate 3,176 0
maximumDepthInMeters 13,922 0
minimumDepthInMeters 10,523 0
occurrenceStatus 75,053 0
scientificName 923 0
scientificNameID 6,413 177

Spatial issues

Records on land 642
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 3,456

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,090
Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1950
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,731
Pagellus bellottii Steindachner, 1882
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,467
Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,461
Dentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,263
Aristeus varidens Holthuis, 1952
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1,259
Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1,224
Nemoossis belloci (Cadenat, 1937)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,134
Brachydeuterus auritus (Valenciennes, 1832) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,051
Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
974

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2023
Aeginella corallina Zettler, Freiwald & Guerra-García, 2018
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2016
Dautzenbergia concavipalma Zettler, Hendrycks & Freiwald, 2022
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2016
Regalecus glesne Ascanius, 1772
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2010
Cubiceps gracilis (Lowe, 1843)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2010
Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2010
Lycodes terraenovae Collett, 1896
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2010
Rajella ravidula (Hulley, 1970)
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
1 2010
Phosichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2010
Guttigadus globiceps (Gilchrist, 1906)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2010

Data providers

Name Records
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch 64,671
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Pesqueira 64,671
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 4,968
Swedish Museum of Natural History 3,683
University of Bremen Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences 2,477
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 1,785
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS 1,413
California Academy of Sciences 1,049
California Academy of Sciences 970
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 880