France: Clipperton Island - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: Clipperton Island

Statistics

Occurrence records	2,224
Species level	1,361
Species	272
Taxa	394
Datasets	55
Time range	1849 - 2015

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	62
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	55

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,605	176
eventDate	743	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,544	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,388	0
occurrenceStatus	1,202	0
scientificName	38	0
scientificNameID	456	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	139
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	4

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	533
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	469
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	283
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	148
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	73
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1999, Cruise 1614 Published 2022-03-03	73
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1612 Published 2022-03-03	61
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published 2025-03-20	60
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1990, Cruise 1369 Published 2022-03-03	38
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2000, Cruise 1615 Published 2022-03-03	32

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
Animalia	246
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	100
Cetacea Brisson, 1762 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	90
Stenella longirostris orientalis Perrin, 1990 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	57
Holacanthus limbaughi Baldwin, 1963 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	51
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	41
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	36
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	33
Stegastes baldwini Allen & Woods, 1980 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	32
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	31

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	3	2010
Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2006
Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2006
Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2006
Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Cheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert, 1890) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Hirundichthys marginatus (Nichols & Breder, 1928) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	18	2005
Kuhlia mugil (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2005
Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2005

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	533
Duke University	476
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	471
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	471
NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Resources Division, La Jolla	466
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center	313
California Academy of Sciences	294
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	208
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	148
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	73