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ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

  • ️Wed Jun 08 2022

Statistics

Occurrence records 8,417
Species level 8,417
Absence records 0
Event records 0
MoF records 0
Sequence records 0
Species 1
Taxa 1
Time range 1964 - 2010

This dataset has appeared in 606 downloads in 2025, with a total of 4,163,800 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 8,417 0
eventDate 9 0
maximumDepthInMeters 8,417 0
minimumDepthInMeters 8,417 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 321
More than 20 km from shore 8
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 0