Gulf of Alaska - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Alaska

Statistics

Occurrence records	6,264,628
Species level	5,647,536
Species	5,783
Taxa	8,287
Datasets	313
Time range	1800 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,556
No WoRMS match	19,052
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	17,512
No accepted name available	35,456

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,786,524	156,350
eventDate	112,324	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,580,124	1,179
minimumDepthInMeters	4,664,583	1,054
occurrenceStatus	232,168	0
scientificName	6,557	0
scientificNameID	133,804	2,123

Spatial issues

Records on land	514,743
More than 20 km from shore	481
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	92,650

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Pacific Multispecies Small Mesh Bottom Trawl Survey Published 2025-03-04	1,650,916
DFO Pacific: Herring Biosample Database Published 2022-03-23	986,088
DFO Pacific Groundfish - Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl Survey Published 2023-10-31	497,878
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - Queen Charlotte Sound Published 2023-07-20	421,702
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - West Coast Vancouver Island Published 2023-07-20	323,572
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - Hecate Strait Published 2023-07-20	289,849
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - West Coast Haida Gwaii Published 2023-07-20	182,450
Puget Sound Zooplankton Monitoring Program (Salish Sea, USA), starting in 2014 Published 2024-12-13	169,767
Ocean Salmon Program - Barkley Sound Juvenile Salmon Study from 1987 to 1994 Published 2022-03-23	104,835
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	94,137

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
Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,027,051
Pandalus jordani Rathbun, 1902 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	727,717
Pandalus dispar (Rathbun, 1902) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	328,554
Pandalus eous Makarov, 1935 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	218,427
Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	172,822
Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	171,587
Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	169,141
Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson, 1836) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	125,244
Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	124,164
Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1855) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	110,959

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2024
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2024
Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2023
Plocamium pacificum Kylin, 1925 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2023
Savoiea robusta (N.L.Gardner) M.J.Wynne, 2018 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2023
Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	28	2022
Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner, 1907 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	45	2022
Mastocarpus latissimus (Harvey) S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone, 2011 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	13	2022
Mastocarpus alaskensis S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone, 2011 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	117	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
Pacific Biological Station (DFO – PBS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada	3,015,085
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	2,034,469
Fisheries and Oceans	1,650,916
Duke University	404,758
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	337,811
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife	296,878
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	248,035
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	222,688
University of Washington	177,839
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	94,137