North Pacific Ocean - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

North Pacific Ocean

Statistics

Occurrence records	7,447,167
Species level	4,947,251
Species	27,209
Taxa	38,361
Datasets	912
Time range	1789 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	7,630
No WoRMS match	208,233
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	35,246
No accepted name available	476,248

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,992,215	490,613
eventDate	209,646	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,380,094	34,594
minimumDepthInMeters	4,195,487	33,656
occurrenceStatus	1,088,685	0
scientificName	12,812	0
scientificNameID	367,318	78,306

Spatial issues

Records on land	72,589
More than 20 km from shore	7,508
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	174,063

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	957,452
Pacific Multispecies Small Mesh Bottom Trawl Survey Published 2025-03-04	608,353
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	360,923
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - West Coast Vancouver Island Published 2023-07-20	323,572
Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group Published 2022-06-06	274,294
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	264,769
DFO Pacific: Herring Biosample Database Published 2022-03-23	232,789
Minke whale localized acoustic detections off Kauai Published 2022-07-01	223,732
Plankton image dataset from a cabled observatory system (JEDI System/OCEANS) deployed at coastal area of Oshima island, Tokyo, Japan Published 2023-12-31	213,263
Abundance of Rocky Reef Fishes, Invertebrates and Algae, Reef Check California (RCCA), 2006 - 2017 Published 2023-01-18	190,105

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
Pandalus jordani Rathbun, 1902 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	390,648
Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	252,597
Biota incertae sedis	237,921
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	224,224
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	206,645
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	121,464
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	101,221
Animalia	86,529
Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson, 1836) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	68,371
Pisces Phylum Chordata	65,734

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2024
Forskalia edwardsii Kölliker, 1853 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	36	2023
Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	117	2023
Diapterus auratus Ranzani, 1842 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	33	2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae	96	2023
Apogon guadalupensis (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	63	2023
Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	165	2023
Dolichomastix tenuilepis J.Throndsen & A.Zingone, 1997 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	115	2023
Vicicitus globosus (Y.Hara & Chihara) F.H.Chang, 2012 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae	47	2023
Micromonas commoda Baren, Bachy & Worden, 2016 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	446	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	2,105,811
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	1,792,448
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	977,967
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	957,452
Pacific Biological Station (DFO – PBS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada	859,729
Duke University	822,066
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	813,999
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	681,954
Fisheries and Oceans	608,353
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	552,321