Gulf of Guinea

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Statistics

Occurrence records 143,878
Species level 136,686
Species 2,318
Taxa 3,109
Datasets 112
Time range 1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,577
No WoRMS match 29,170
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 1,187
No accepted name available 677

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
basisOfRecord 89 0
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 35,739 135,977
eventDate 19,206 0
maximumDepthInMeters 171,414 0
minimumDepthInMeters 160,421 0
occurrenceStatus 150,298 0
scientificName 24,502 0
scientificNameID 146,149 295

Spatial issues

Records on land 6,736
More than 20 km from shore 487
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 243

Top datasets

Dataset Records
FishBase Database
Published 2023-03-23 		111,239
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Published 2025-03-20 		8,343
Ecoscope tuna observer data
Published 2025-03-20 		4,748
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data
Published 2025-03-20 		4,414
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19 		2,903
PHYTOPLANKTON AND FLORA COMPOSITION OF SOUTH WESTERN REGION OF THE NIGERIAN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS
Published 2022-10-14 		1,975
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data
Published 		1,269
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20 		1,163
PANGAEA - Data from South Atlantic in the late Quaternary: reconstruction of budget and currents
Published 2025-03-20 		785
CAS Ichthyology (ICH)
Published 2025-03-24 		646

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 		1,862
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,734
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,030
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		734
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		717
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU
Phylum Chordata 		701
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		599
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		542
Auxis Cuvier, 1829
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		522
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		481

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		2 2023
Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes, 1850)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		13 2023
Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea 		1 2023
Isocladus otion Barnard, 1955
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		4 2023
Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		1 2023
Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		1 2023
Arbacia nigra (Molina, 1782)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea 		1 2023
Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida 		3 2015

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