El Salvador

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Statistics

Occurrence records 4,378
Species level 3,436
Species 646
Taxa 842
Datasets 61
Time range 1867 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 37
No WoRMS match 128
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2
No accepted name available 4

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 3,404 54
eventDate 1,395 0
maximumDepthInMeters 3,361 0
minimumDepthInMeters 3,430 0
occurrenceStatus 3,435 0
scientificName 56 0
scientificNameID 1,334 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 991
More than 20 km from shore 1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 66

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU
Phylum Chordata 		225
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		214
Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811
Phylum Chordata 		205
Cetacea Brisson, 1762
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		66
Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		53
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		51
Citharichthys gilberti Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		39
Batrachoides waltersi Collette & Russo, 1981
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		39
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		37
Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		37

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae 		1 2017
Alexandrium globosum Nguyen-Ngoc & J.Larsen, 2004
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae 		1 2014
Gymnodinium catenatum H.W.Graham, 1943
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae 		1 2013
Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Margalef) F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae 		6 2012
Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae 		1 2010
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR
Phylum Chordata 		2 2009
Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier, 1832
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		6 2008
Gobionellus microdon (Gilbert, 1892)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		6 2008
Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		6 2008
Gerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		6 2008

Data providers

Name Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 1,207
Duke University 997
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 872
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 811
NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Resources Division, La Jolla 708
California Academy of Sciences 391
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center 383
InvertEBase 338
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 338
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