Gulf of Mexico

Statistics

Occurrence records 3,971,464
Species level 3,285,227
Species 15,939
Taxa 21,994
Datasets 371
Time range 1837 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 14,971
No WoRMS match 71,471
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 8,999
No accepted name available 52,514

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 7,869,134 29,406
eventDate 249,196 0
maximumDepthInMeters 1,134,539 5,816
minimumDepthInMeters 1,119,787 5,816
occurrenceStatus 659,117 0
scientificName 34,231 0
scientificNameID 1,014,908 41,425

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,742,357
More than 20 km from shore 245,265
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 54,778

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
Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
138,178
Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède, 1802
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
98,140
Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
93,416
Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
79,743
Scarus iseri (Bloch, 1789)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
71,773
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
70,430
Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
58,175
Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
55,903
Stegastes partitus (Poey, 1868)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
55,712
Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
51,576

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Amphidinium massartii Biecheler, 1952
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
70 2023
Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
24 2023
Acrodiscus vidovichii (Meneghini) Zanardini, 1868
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
27 2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae
24 2023
Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
90 2023
Dolichomastix tenuilepis J.Throndsen & A.Zingone, 1997
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae
18 2023
Acetabularia caliculus J.V.Lamouroux, 1824
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae
17 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
31 2023
Hemiarma marina Shiratori & K.Ishida, 2016
Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae
101 2023