Mexico: North Pacific

Statistics

Occurrence records 402,997
Species level 151,560
Species 6,449
Taxa 8,904
Datasets 221
Time range 1836 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,661
No WoRMS match 10,275
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 497
No accepted name available 159,530

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 322,865 16,999
eventDate 51,683 0
maximumDepthInMeters 328,826 3,952
minimumDepthInMeters 325,004 3,888
occurrenceStatus 97,088 0
scientificName 3,047 0
scientificNameID 44,417 492

Spatial issues

Records on land 34,797
More than 20 km from shore 683
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 14,962

Top datasets

Dataset Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Archipiélago de Revillagigedo (Mexico): April 2023
Published 2024-12-08
178,354
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
53,080
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
36,066
Happywhale - Humpback whale in North Pacific Ocean
Published 2025-03-17
25,811
CAS Ichthyology (ICH)
Published 2025-03-17
9,916
Hyperiid amphipod abundances from the California Current (24-32°N)
Published 2025-03-20
8,677
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data
Published
8,487
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program
Published 2025-02-05
7,279
FishBase Database
Published 2023-03-23
5,556
Mingan Island Cetacean Study 84-07
Published 2021-04-24
4,903

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Biota incertae sedis
126,901
Pisces
Phylum Chordata
31,580
Animalia
26,977
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
26,180
Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Phylum Chordata
12,221
Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
4,450
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
4,346
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2,598
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2,250
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1,661

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2024
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
373 2023
Calocalanus plumulosus (Claus, 1863)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
115 2023
Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
194 2023
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
147 2023
Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
126 2023
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae
270 2023
Scorpaenodes evides (Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
138 2023
Nusuttodinium poecilochroum (J.Larsen) Y.Takano & T.Horiguchi, 2014
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
150 2023
Chloropicon sieburthii Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem, 2017
Phylum Chlorophyta
244 2023

Data providers

Name Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 180,046
Autonomus University of Baja California Sur, Mexico 178,354
Conservation Genetics Lab, University of Arizona, United States of America 178,354
Revillagigedo National Park, National Commission of Protected Natural Areas - CONANP, Mexico 178,354
UNESCO-IOC 178,354
UNESCO-WHC 178,354
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 61,051
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington 60,359
Duke University 52,366
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 36,066