Gulf of Mexico - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Mexico

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,136,924
Species level	2,486,312
Species	16,024
Taxa	22,165
Datasets	338
Time range	1837 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	13,305
No WoRMS match	60,437
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	9,154
No accepted name available	47,797

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,731,955	30,549
eventDate	234,154	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,172,005	2,318
minimumDepthInMeters	1,157,491	2,318
occurrenceStatus	626,198	0
scientificName	38,720	0
scientificNameID	1,048,793	25,520

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,459,142
More than 20 km from shore	226,830
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	55,807

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
SEFSC CAGES Alabama Fish Length Data with CPUE Published 2016-09-21	556,028
eDNA from Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Carbon Cruise 2021 (GOMECC-4) Published 2024-03-12	256,655
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	166,053
South TX Outer Continental Shelf and MI, AL, and FL Outer Continental Shelf benthic organism sampling 1974-1978 Published	144,266
Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database (BioGoMx) Published	102,825
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	100,124
National Benthic Inventory Published 2019-10-29	100,030
Marine Invertebrate voucher specimens at the Florida Biodiversity Collection, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Published 2022-03-30	95,773
Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2012 Published 2023-02-21	80,755
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	74,437

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
Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	151,434
Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède, 1802 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	111,010
Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	101,195
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	70,388
Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	47,322
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	47,033
Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	40,830
Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	39,932
Biota incertae sedis	37,476
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	35,123

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Amphidinium massartii Biecheler, 1952 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	62	2023
Aglaophenia tubulifera (Hincks, 1861) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	14	2023
Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18	2023
Acrodiscus vidovichii (Meneghini) Zanardini, 1868 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	23	2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae	22	2023
Ophionereis schayeri (Müller & Troschel, 1844) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	13	2023
Acetabularia caliculus J.V.Lamouroux, 1824 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae	14	2023
Gelliodes wilsoni Carballo, Aquilar-Camacho, Knapp & Bell, 2013 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	19	2023
Acanthosiphonia echinata (Harvey) Savoie & G.W.Saunders, 2018 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	29	2023
Hemiarma marina Shiratori & K.Ishida, 2016 Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae	88	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1,914,240
US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)	556,028
Houston Advanced Research Center	449,712
NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Miami Laboratory	441,820
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	435,142
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System	356,868
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	349,395
United States Marine Biodiversity Observation Network	346,954
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	286,051
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory	256,655