United States: Northern Mariana Islands and Guam - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United States: Northern Mariana Islands and Guam

Statistics

Occurrence records	350,511
Species level	261,026
Species	4,064
Taxa	6,455
Datasets	113
Time range	1847 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2,044
No WoRMS match	2,420
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2,269
No accepted name available	278

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	142,992	1,085
eventDate	10,037	0
maximumDepthInMeters	53,953	229
minimumDepthInMeters	47,824	0
occurrenceStatus	137,317	0
scientificName	583	0
scientificNameID	24,220	134

Spatial issues

Records on land	19,267
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	60,874

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands Published 2021-08-25	145,489
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Science Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2009 Published 2023-01-27	43,961
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Invertebrate in the Pacific Ocean Published	35,157
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	26,813
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	18,374
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	14,976
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Benthic Habitat Cover in the Pacific Ocean 2005-2010 Published	12,919
CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 Published	8,978
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	7,937
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Large-Area Stationary Point Count Surveys (SPC) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2007 Published 2021-08-25	5,784

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
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7,580
Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan & Seale, 1906 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,924
Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,528
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,380
Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,852
Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,760
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,572
Plectroglyphidodon fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,076
Halichoeres ornatissimus (Garrett, 1863) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,756
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,630

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2021
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2020
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2019
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2017
Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Pseudocoris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1857) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	10	2017
Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2017
Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9	2017
Labroides rubrolabiatus Randall, 1958 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	203,370
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	203,177
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	195,234
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	108,813
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	88,864
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	18,425
Florida Museum of Natural History	14,976
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	7,937
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	7,937
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	5,437