Alijos Islands, Mexico - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Alijos Islands, Mexico

Statistics

Occurrence records	152
Species level	76
Species	36
Taxa	46
Datasets	14
Time range	1858 - 2003

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	4
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	44

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	118	4
eventDate	27	0
maximumDepthInMeters	75	0
minimumDepthInMeters	64	0
occurrenceStatus	75	0
scientificName	2	0
scientificNameID	35	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	36
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	67
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	25
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	24
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	13
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	6
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	5
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, PODS 1993, Cruise 1509 Published 2022-03-03	3
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1624 Published 2022-03-03	2
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	2
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1986, Cruise 0989 Published 2022-03-03	1

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
Pisces Phylum Chordata	44
Animalia	23
Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill, 1862) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14
Stegastes leucorus (Gilbert, 1892) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3
Pontinus vaughani Barnhart & Hubbs, 1946 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Erylus schmiederi Austin, 1996 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	3
Paratimea alijosensis Austin, 1996 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	3
Borojevia paracerebrum (Austin, 1996) Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea	3
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2003
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	1993
Nyctiphanes simplex Hansen, 1911 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	1990
Erylus schmiederi Austin, 1996 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	3	1990
Paratimea alijosensis Austin, 1996 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	3	1990
Borojevia paracerebrum (Austin, 1996) Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea	3	1990
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	1986
Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1980
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1948
Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1948

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	68
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	68
California Academy of Sciences	30
California Academy of Sciences	25
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	24
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	16
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	15
NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Resources Division, La Jolla	7
Duke University	7
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	6