Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

Statistics

Occurrence records	655
Species level	632
Species	120
Taxa	140
Datasets	14
Time range	1946 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	4
No WoRMS match	14
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	378	0
eventDate	135	0
maximumDepthInMeters	672	0
minimumDepthInMeters	435	0
occurrenceStatus	475	0
scientificName	4	0
scientificNameID	432	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	5
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	282
Happywhale - Gray whale in North Pacific Ocean Published 2025-03-17	190
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	55
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	50
DMNS Marine Invertebrate Collection (Arctos) Published 2023-10-01	19
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	16
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	15
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	9
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	7
Happywhale - Common bottlenose dolphin in North Pacific Ocean Published 2025-03-17	6

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
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	191
Panulirus interruptus (Randall, 1840) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	55
Fundulus parvipinnis Girard, 1854 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	26
Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	23
Atherinops affinis (Ayres, 1860) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20
Pleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18
Sphoeroides lispus Walker, 1996 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	15
Hyporhamphus rosae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14
Exerpes asper (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14
Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Steindachner, 1868) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	6	2023
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	190	2010
Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1994
Dasyatis brevis (Garman, 1880) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	1994
Myliobatis californica Gill, 1865 Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	1994
Sphoeroides lispus Walker, 1996 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	15	1994
Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1994
Hypsoblennius gentilis (Girard, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	1994
Clevelandia ios (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	1994
Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper, 1864 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	1994

Data providers

Name	Records
Swedish Museum of Natural History	282
Duke University	196
Happywhale	196
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	55
InvertEBase	50
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	50
California Academy of Sciences	27
Berkeley Natural History Museums	19
Denver Museum of Nature & Science	19
University of Alaska Museum	19