Comoro Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records 24,292
Species level 21,220
Species 1,801
Taxa 2,044
Datasets 75
Time range 1758 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 44
No WoRMS match 432
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 4
No accepted name available 60

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 21,663 757
eventDate 16,061 0
maximumDepthInMeters 23,176 22
minimumDepthInMeters 22,945 0
occurrenceStatus 7,949 0
scientificName 248 0
scientificNameID 1,446 4

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,317
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 166

Top datasets

Dataset Records
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data
Published 2025-03-20
9,193
Ecoscope tuna observer data
Published 2025-03-20
3,257
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
2,423
Fish specimens
Published
1,782
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum
Published
1,589
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity
Published 2024-05-09
1,419
CAS Ichthyology (ICH)
Published 2025-03-17
726
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021
Published 2022-01-20
709
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
452
Ecoscope Observation Database
Published 2025-03-20
452

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,395
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,252
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
1,209
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,111
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
963
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
956
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
863
Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
810
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
634
Platax Cuvier, 1816
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
551

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea
6 2017
Stereocidaris sceptriferoides (Döderlein, 1887)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea
1 2017
Goniocidaris (Goniocidaris) indica Mortensen, 1939
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea
1 2017
Stereocidaris reducta Mortensen, 1939
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea
1 2017
Stylocidaris reini (Döderlein, 1887)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea
1 2017
Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2012
Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2012
Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2012
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
2 2011
Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
2 2011

Data providers

Name Records
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 12,984
Royal Ontario Museum 3,371
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 2,423
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 2,364
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity 1,419
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 975
Duke University 798
California Academy of Sciences 771
California Academy of Sciences 726
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS 709