France: Bassas da India - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: Bassas da India

Statistics

Occurrence records	2,192
Species level	1,885
Species	202
Taxa	236
Datasets	22
Time range	1849 - 2015

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	13
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	3

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,981	181
eventDate	1,814	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,191	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,197	0
occurrenceStatus	42	0
scientificName	13	0
scientificNameID	60	0

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data Published 2025-03-20	1,099
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	457
Ecoscope Observation Database Published 2025-03-20	226
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	111
Foraging habitats of the seabird community of Europa Island (Mozambique Channel) Published 2021-04-24	104
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	77
Biogeographic data from BODC - British Oceanographic Data Centre Published 2025-03-20	30
Coleção Ictiológica (MNRJ), Museu Nacional (MN), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro(UFRJ) Published 2025-03-23	26
IndOBIS Dataset (93630-103790) Published 2022-01-19	14
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	12

Distribution

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

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
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	177
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	171
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	170
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	156
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	129
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	88
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	83
Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	81
Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	74
Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	70

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Ophiactis picteti (de Loriol, 1893) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2015
Ophiacantha vorax Koehler, 1897 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2015
Ophiactis spinulifera H.L. Clark, 1939 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2015
Ophioplax lamellosa Matsumoto, 1915 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2015
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	2	2012
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2010
Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2010
Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2010
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	4	2010
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	1,782
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	226
Duke University	206
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	111
Laboratoire ECOMAR, Universite de la Reunion	104
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	77
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	77
British Oceanographic Data Centre	30
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	30
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	26