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Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996 Citable as data publication Wakwabi E.O.; Vincx M.; Marine Biology Section; Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996. https://doi.org/10.14284/152 Contact: Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Catch data on fish and invertebrates for monthly beam trawl samples taken at 38 locations in Gazi Bay between October 1994 and September 1996. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Wakwabi, E.O. (1999). The ichthyofauna of a tropical mangrove bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya): community structure and trophic organisation. PhD Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 217 pp. Lineage Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Biology > Invertebrates Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Beam trawlers, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Epibenthos, Fish catches, Fish fauna, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Mangroves, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay, Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815, Anguilliformes, Anomura, Apogon nigripes Playfair, 1867, Apogonidae Günther, 1859, Argobuccinum pustulosum ([Lightfoot], 1786), Asteroidea, Bivalvia, Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846), Brachyura, Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758, Caridea, Cephalopoda, Cerithidea decollata (Linnaeus, 1767), Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791), Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801, Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835, Cnidaria, Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758, Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801, Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758, Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758, Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758), Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829), Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829), Diadema Gray, 1825, Echinoidea, Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), Epinephelus suillus (Valenciennes, 1828), Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838, Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes, 1831), Gerres acinaces Bleeker, 1854, Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775), Gnatholepis Bleeker, 1874, Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816, Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900, Holothuroidea, Labridae Cuvier, 1816, Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839), Latirus Montfort, 1810, Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824), Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775), Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802), Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819, Loligo Lamarck, 1798, Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775), Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) milloti Crosnier, 1965, , Majidae Samouelle, 1819, Ophiuroidea, Opisthobranchia, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758, Palaemoninae Rafinesque, 1815, Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829), Paramonacanthus barnardi Fraser-Brunner, 1941, Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855), Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790), Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837, Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888, Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798, Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844, Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1778), Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787), Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1879, Processidae Ortmann, 1896, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828), Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848), Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775, Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829), Sepia Linnaeus, 1758, Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797), Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835), Sphaeramia orbicularis (Cuvier, 1828), Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823), Stomatopoda, Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785), Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758, Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829, Terapontidae Richardson, 1842, Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831, Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758), Trochus Linnaeus, 1758, Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,5064; MinLat: -4,4454 - MaxLong: 39,5302; MaxLat: -4,4091 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage October 1994 - September 1996 Monthly Taxonomic coverage Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS] Anguilliformes [WoRMS] Anomura [WoRMS] Apogon nigripes Playfair, 1867 [WoRMS] Apogonidae Günther, 1859 [WoRMS] Argobuccinum pustulosum ([Lightfoot], 1786) [WoRMS] Asteroidea [WoRMS] Bivalvia [WoRMS] Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) [WoRMS] Brachyura [WoRMS] Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Caridea [WoRMS] Cephalopoda [WoRMS] Cerithidea decollata (Linnaeus, 1767) [WoRMS] Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) [WoRMS] Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 [WoRMS] Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 [WoRMS] Cnidaria [WoRMS] Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801 [WoRMS] Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS] Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) [WoRMS] Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829) [WoRMS] Diadema Gray, 1825 [WoRMS] Echinoidea [WoRMS] Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [WoRMS] Epinephelus suillus (Valenciennes, 1828) [WoRMS] Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 [WoRMS] Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes, 1831) [WoRMS] Gerres acinaces Bleeker, 1854 [WoRMS] Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775) [WoRMS] Gnatholepis Bleeker, 1874 [WoRMS] Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS] Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900 [WoRMS] Holothuroidea [WoRMS] Labridae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS] Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) [WoRMS] Latirus Montfort, 1810 [WoRMS] Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [WoRMS] Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775) [WoRMS] Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802) [WoRMS] Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 [WoRMS] Loligo Lamarck, 1798 [WoRMS] Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) [WoRMS] Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) milloti Crosnier, 1965 [WoRMS] [WoRMS] Majidae Samouelle, 1819 [WoRMS] Ophiuroidea [WoRMS] Opisthobranchia [WoRMS] Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Palaemoninae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS] Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829) [WoRMS] Paramonacanthus barnardi Fraser-Brunner, 1941 [WoRMS] Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855) [WoRMS] Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) [WoRMS] Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [WoRMS] Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 [WoRMS] Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 [WoRMS] Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844 [WoRMS] Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1778) [WoRMS] Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) [WoRMS] Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1879 [WoRMS] Processidae Ortmann, 1896 [WoRMS] Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) [WoRMS] Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) [WoRMS] Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775 [WoRMS] Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) [WoRMS] Sepia Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797) [WoRMS] Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835) [WoRMS] Sphaeramia orbicularis (Cuvier, 1828) [WoRMS] Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) [WoRMS] Stomatopoda [WoRMS] Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) [WoRMS] Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829 [WoRMS] Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 [WoRMS] Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS] Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS] Trochus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 [WoRMS] Parameters Count of fish Epibenthos sampling Presence/absence of biota Contributors Related datasets Publication Based on this dataset Wakwabi, E.O. (1999). The ichthyofauna of a tropical mangrove bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya): community structure and trophic organisation. PhD Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 217 pp., more URLs Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Release date: 2016-11-10 Metadatarecord created: 2016-05-31 Information last updated: 2025-03-26 | ||||
