Gulf of Alaska

Statistics

Occurrence records 383,976
Species level 262,619
Species 2,178
Taxa 3,120
Datasets 129
Time range 1849 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 36
No WoRMS match 10,888
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 180
No accepted name available 2,859

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 270,308 21,581
eventDate 84,940 0
maximumDepthInMeters 197,682 178
minimumDepthInMeters 194,914 31
occurrenceStatus 116,246 0
scientificName 5,700 0
scientificNameID 91,985 803

Spatial issues

Records on land 8,154
More than 20 km from shore 1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 5,380

Top datasets

Dataset Records
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
82,074
UWFC Ichthyology Collection
Published 2019-03-15
76,284
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
59,152
NOAA AFSC North Pacific Groundfish Observer
Published 2020-09-18
50,989
Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group
Published 2022-06-06
28,369
NaGISA Project
Published 2018-03-21
22,420
IPHC seabird survey 2002-2011
Published 2021-04-24
15,843
Happywhale - Humpback whale in North Pacific Ocean
Published 2025-03-17
10,360
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program
Published 2025-02-05
9,943
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20
8,969

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
27,411
Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
18,899
Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
14,267
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
11,193
Animalia
8,760
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
8,726
Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
7,700
Bathymaster Cope, 1873
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
7,310
Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
7,218
Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
5,897

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Spirontocaris spinus (Sowerby, 1805)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2023
Tochuina gigantea (Bergh, 1904)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2023
Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock, 1856)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
1 2022
Phacellophora camtschatica Brandt, 1835
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa
9 2022
Aequorea victoria (Murbach & Shearer, 1902)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
1 2022
Chrysaora melanaster Brandt, 1835
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa
5 2022
Neocalanus flemingeri Miller, 1988
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
5 2022
Okutania anonycha (Pearcy & G. L. Voss, 1963)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda
9 2022
Mesodinium rubrum (Lohmann, 1908)
Phylum Ciliophora > Class Litostomatea
1 2021
Latisipho aphelus (Dall, 1890)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2021