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Statistics

Occurrence records 40,966
Species level 38,058
Species 1,241
Taxa 1,533
Datasets 60
Time range 1867 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 294
No WoRMS match 6,139
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 115
No accepted name available 15

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 18,183 27,731
eventDate 7,966 0
maximumDepthInMeters 46,433 0
minimumDepthInMeters 36,946 0
occurrenceStatus 29,865 0
scientificName 4,983 0
scientificNameID 29,640 130

Spatial issues

Records on land 708
More than 20 km from shore 336
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 71

Top datasets

Dataset Records
FishBase Database
Published 2023-03-23 		22,739
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Published 2025-03-20 		8,343
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data
Published 2025-03-20 		5,071
Ecoscope tuna observer data
Published 2025-03-20 		1,618
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19 		947
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20 		417
CAS Ichthyology (ICH)
Published 2025-03-24 		304
Cetacean sightings in Ghana and Ivorycoast
Published 2021-04-24 		271
Olive ridley sea turtle tracking near Ghana 2009
Published 2021-04-24 		208
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Published 		189

Distribution

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Records

Composition

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Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		786
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		724
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		684
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		659
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		655
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		634
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		564
Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		444
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		406
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		311

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		5 2023
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		1 2022
Paroncheilus affinis (Poey, 1875)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2016
Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida 		3 2015
Stenella clymene (Gray, 1850)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		2 2014
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		3 2014
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		8 2014
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		6 2014
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		4 2014
Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		3 2014

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