East Bering Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records 487,661
Species level 286,337
Species 2,134
Taxa 3,205
Datasets 108
Time range 1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 40
No WoRMS match 5,786
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 461
No accepted name available 3,109

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 129,545 10,125
eventDate 39,942 0
maximumDepthInMeters 379,147 640
minimumDepthInMeters 375,867 603
occurrenceStatus 49,540 0
scientificName 2,904 0
scientificNameID 39,135 1,492

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,926
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 5,799

Top datasets

Dataset Records
NOAA AFSC North Pacific Groundfish Observer
Published 2020-09-18
320,227
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
36,703
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
32,833
UWFC Ichthyology Collection
Published 2019-03-15
29,307
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program
Published 2025-02-05
13,982
Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group
Published 2022-06-06
13,440
IPHC seabird survey 2002-2011
Published 2021-04-24
5,203
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20
5,157
Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Marine
Published 2019-08-26
4,221
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Published
4,116

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
25,024
Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
15,747
Lepidopsetta Gill, 1862
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
13,627
Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
12,777
Chionoecetes opilio (Fabricius, 1788)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
11,904
Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
11,253
Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
11,209
Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun, 1924
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
11,037
Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
10,859
Rajiformes Berg, 1940
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
10,700

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Cheilonereis cyclurus (Harrington, 1897)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
1 2023
Boreotrophon alaskanus Dall, 1902
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2023
Volutopsius middendorffi (Dall, 1891)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
2 2023
Limneria prolongata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2023
Velutina bartschi Derjugin, 1950
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2023
Retifusus roseus (Dall, 1877)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2023
Lucicutia flavicornis (Claus, 1863)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
1 2022
Dendronotus dalli Bergh, 1879
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2022
Argyropelecus sladeni Regan, 1908
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2022
Metridia okhotensis Brodsky, 1950
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
1 2022

Data providers

Name Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 371,183
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 320,227
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington 50,685
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 32,833
VertNet 29,376
Berkeley Natural History Museums 29,315
Burke Museum 29,307
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 14,022
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute) 13,982
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure 13,743