Guinea Current

Statistics

Occurrence records 287,369
Species level 270,766
Species 3,514
Taxa 4,826
Datasets 167
Time range 1840 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,006
No WoRMS match 46,488
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 1,492
No accepted name available 670

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
basisOfRecord 89 0
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 110,422 227,741
eventDate 52,224 0
maximumDepthInMeters 324,513 14
minimumDepthInMeters 305,622 14
occurrenceStatus 260,446 0
scientificName 41,159 0
scientificNameID 242,159 1,896

Spatial issues

Records on land 2,719
More than 20 km from shore 117
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 976

Top datasets

Dataset Records
FishBase Database
Published 2023-03-23
186,263
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data
Published 2025-03-20
23,918
Ecoscope tuna observer data
Published 2025-03-20
18,687
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Published 2025-03-20
10,757
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data
Published
6,687
Guinea fish dataset 1985-1987
Published 2016-03-14
5,524
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
4,555
Angolan Trawl Survey Data
Published 2020-12-02
4,447
PANGAEA - Data from South Atlantic in the late Quaternary: reconstruction of budget and currents
Published 2025-03-20
2,713
Ecoscope Balbaya Database
Published 2025-03-20
2,181

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
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
7,434
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
5,568
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3,971
Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3,457
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3,203
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3,005
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,948
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,693
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,857
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,742

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2023
Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2 2023
Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2023
Pseudobiceros principensis Pérez-García, Herrero-Barrencua, Noreña & Cervera, 2020
Phylum Platyhelminthes
1 2016
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
31 2014
Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2 2014
Columba livia Gmelin, 1789
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2014
Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
15 2013
Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
10 2013
Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
23 2013

Data providers

Name Records
Swedish Museum of Natural History 186,263
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 45,404
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 19,493
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 10,660
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch 10,058
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 6,687
Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè 5,524
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS 5,524
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS) 5,524
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 4,555