Gulf of California

Statistics

Occurrence records 66,822
Species level 47,314
Species 3,270
Taxa 4,298
Datasets 121
Time range 1836 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 89
No WoRMS match 5,295
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 278
No accepted name available 356

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 38,277 7,133
eventDate 17,591 0
maximumDepthInMeters 59,832 0
minimumDepthInMeters 51,877 0
occurrenceStatus 41,291 0
scientificName 1,133 0
scientificNameID 16,938 322

Spatial issues

Records on land 6,243
More than 20 km from shore 1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 752

Top datasets

Dataset Records
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
13,025
Happywhale - Humpback whale in North Pacific Ocean
Published 2025-03-17
8,639
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data
Published
8,487
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program
Published 2025-02-05
6,759
Mingan Island Cetacean Study 84-07
Published 2021-04-24
4,782
CAS Ichthyology (ICH)
Published 2025-03-17
3,960
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Published 2025-03-20
3,677
FishBase Database
Published 2023-03-23
2,373
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ)
Published 2025-03-17
1,986
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Published 2025-03-18
1,277

Distribution

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

Records

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Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
8,785
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
3,129
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1,761
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1,354
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
988
Porifera Grant, 1836
Phylum Porifera
851
Lepidisis Verrill, 1883
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
842
Bacteria
642
Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
595
Heteropolypus ritteri (Nutting, 1909)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
585

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2024
Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2024
Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
7 2019
Mobula munkiana Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, 1987 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
1 2019
Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
5 2018
Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2018
Chromis alta Greenfield & Woods, 1980
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2018
Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, 1898)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
7 2018
Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes, 1846)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2018
Higginsium mazatlanensis Cepeda, Álvarez-Castillo, Hermosos-Salazar, Sánchez, Gómez & Pardos, 2019
Phylum Kinorhyncha > Class Allomalorhagida
1 2018

Data providers

Name Records
Duke University 16,904
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 13,025
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 10,799
Happywhale 9,100
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 8,497
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 7,044
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington 7,034
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 6,759
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute) 6,759
California Academy of Sciences 5,983