Zone de Convergence des Courants de Guinée-Canarie

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Statistics

Occurrence records 126,857
Species level 100,124
Species 2,244
Taxa 3,362
Datasets 115
Time range 1700 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 248
No WoRMS match 10,681
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2,327
No accepted name available 436

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 105,214 48,730
eventDate 34,246 0
maximumDepthInMeters 142,381 0
minimumDepthInMeters 134,818 0
occurrenceStatus 88,471 0
scientificName 8,704 0
scientificNameID 59,413 794

Spatial issues

Records on land 346
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 463

Top datasets

Dataset Records
FishBase Database
Published 2023-03-23 		39,877
Ecoscope tuna observer data
Published 2025-03-20 		22,520
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data
Published 		21,405
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data
Published 2025-03-20 		8,217
Guinea fish dataset 1985-1987
Published 2016-03-14 		7,951
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands)
Published 2024-09-04 		4,567
Discovery Collections Midwater Database
Published 2021-12-14 		3,550
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Published 2025-03-20 		2,787
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19 		1,786
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17 		1,695

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8,385
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		6,150
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		5,600
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		4,567
Bacteria
2,848
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria 		2,576
Gammaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria 		2,234
Proteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria 		1,713
Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,486
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,279

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		2 2014
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1 2014
Echinolampas rangii Desmoulins, 1837
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea 		1 2014
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		4,567 2013
Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		8 2012
Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		4 2012
Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		5 2012
Physiculus cyanostrophus Anderson & Tweddle, 2002
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3 2012
Ophidion lozanoi Matallanas, 1990
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3 2012
Xyrias guineensis (Blache, 1975)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3 2012

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