Canary Current - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Canary Current

Statistics

Occurrence records	414,527
Species level	291,718
Species	4,833
Taxa	5,860
Datasets	234
Time range	1700 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	499
No WoRMS match	8,159
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,094
No accepted name available	69,959

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	318,923	10,438
eventDate	19,174	0
maximumDepthInMeters	421,488	0
minimumDepthInMeters	384,760	0
occurrenceStatus	24,166	0
scientificName	1,836	0
scientificNameID	15,440	5,078

Spatial issues

Records on land	55,127
More than 20 km from shore	94
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,710

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania): May 2023 Published 2024-12-08	134,069
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	106,959
DELTATRACK - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) Published 2024-09-03	62,451
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	9,286
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	9,252
LBBG_ADULT - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding in Belgium Published 2024-09-04	8,743
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	8,310
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	6,476
PANGAEA - Data from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Published 2025-03-20	5,974
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	5,563

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
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	181,000
Biota incertae sedis	68,231
Animalia	9,039
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	8,849
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,928
Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,617
Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,520
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	2,701
Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,560
Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,508

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Paracartia grani Sars G.O., 1904 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	234	2023
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	106	2023
Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	110	2023
Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	142	2023
Eucampia striata Stolterfoth, 1879 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	227	2023
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	117	2023
Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	205	2023
Dolichomastix tenuilepis J.Throndsen & A.Zingone, 1997 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	174	2023
Paracalanus quasimodo Bowman, 1971 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	113	2023
Bellerochea polymorpha Hargraves & Guillard, 1974 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	200	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	179,999
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	153,458
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	137,014
BirdEyes, University of Groningen, Netherlands, Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania	134,069
Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania	134,069
UNESCO-IOC	134,069
UNESCO-WHC	134,069
University of Algarve, Portugal	134,069
Universiteit Gent	117,556
Universiteit Antwerpen	117,543