AquaMaps
(08/2010)
:
Standardized distribution maps for currently 11,500 species of fishes,
marine mammals and invertebrates.
AquaMaps is a joint project of
FishBase
and
SeaLifeBase
.
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Marine Biodiversity Map: click on the map to obtain local species list for that area.
All
Sharks & rays
Bony fish
Invertebrates
Deep-sea
Marine mammals
Data sources:
GBIF
OBIS
Common Name
contains
begins with
ends with
is
(e.g. blue whale)
Scientific Name
Genus
is
contains
begins with
ends with
(e.g. Balaenoptera)
Species
contains
is
begins with
ends with
(e.g. musculus)
To search without Genus, change Genus option from 'is' to 'contains'.
Biodiversity Maps
Type
Species richness map
Mean length map
Mean troph map
Mean resilience map
Group
Animalia - kingdom
Arthropoda - phylum
Cnidaria - phylum
Echinodermata - phylum
Porifera - phylum
Actinopterygii - class
Anthozoa - class
Appendicularia - class
Asteroidea - class
Cephalaspidomorphi - class
Cephalopoda - class
Crinoidea - class
Elasmobranchii - class
Holocephali - class
Holothuroidea - class
Mammalia - class
Maxillopoda - class
Myxini - class
Reptilia - class
Acipenseriformes - order
Anguilliformes - order
Cetacea - order
Characiformes - order
Clupeiformes - order
Cyprinodontiformes - order
Gadiformes - order
Neotaenioglossa - order
Petromyzontiformes - order
Scleractinia - order
Stomiiformes - order
Acanthuridae - family
Achiridae - family
Agonidae - family
Anguillidae - family
Antennariidae - family
Apogonidae - family
Argentinidae - family
Artedidraconidae - family
Atherinidae - family
Balaenidae - family
Balistidae - family
Blenniidae - family
Carangidae - family
Carcharhinidae - family
Centrolophidae - family
Chaetodontidae - family
Cheilodactylidae - family
Cheloniidae - family
Clupeidae - family
Cottidae - family
Cynoglossidae - family
Cypraeidae - family
Dasyatidae - family
Dermochelyidae - family
Engraulidae - family
Euclichthyidae - family
Fucaceae - family
Fundulidae - family
Gadidae - family
Gasterosteidae - family
Gempylidae - family
Gonostomatidae - family
Haemulidae - family
Holocentridae - family
Istiophoridae - family
Lamnidae - family
Lophiidae - family
Lotidae - family
Lutjanidae - family
Macrouridae - family
Merlucciidae - family
Moronidae - family
Myctophidae - family
Nototheniidae - family
Octopodidae - family
Osmeridae - family
Petromyzontidae - family
Phycidae - family
Platycephalidae - family
Pleuronectidae - family
Polynemidae - family
Pomacanthidae - family
Pomacentridae - family
Priacanthidae - family
Pristidae - family
Salmonidae - family
Sciaenidae - family
Scombridae - family
Scorpaenidae - family
Sebastidae - family
Serranidae - family
Soleidae - family
Solenidae - family
Sparidae - family
Sphyrnidae - family
Stomiidae - family
Synodontidae - family
Triglidae - family
Veneridae - family
Xiphiidae - family
n = 100
Checklists by Large Marine Ecosystems
LME
Agulhas Current
Antarctic
Arabian Sea
Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay/Davis Straight
Baltic Sea
Barents Sea
Bay of Bengal
Beaufort Sea
Benguela Current
Black Sea
California Current
Canary Current
Caribbean Sea
Celtic-Biscay Shelf
Chukchi Sea
East Bering Sea
East Brazil Shelf
East Central Australian Shelf
East China Sea
East Siberian Sea
Faroe Plateau
Greenland Sea
Guinea Current
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of California
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Thailand
Hudson Bay
Humboldt Current
Iberian Coastal
Iceland Shelf/Sea
Indonesian Sea
Insular Pacific-Hawaiian
Kara Sea
Kuroshio Current
Laptev Sea
Mediterranean Sea
New Zealand Shelf
Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf
North Australian Shelf
North Brazil Shelf
North Sea
Northeast Australian Shelf
Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Northwest Australian Shelf
Norwegian Sea
Okhotsk Sea
Oyashio Current
Pacific Central-American Coastal
Patagonian Shelf
Red Sea
Scotian Shelf
Sea of Japan/East Sea
Somali Coastal Current
South Brazil Shelf
South China Sea
Southeast Australian Shelf
Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Southwest Australian Shelf
Sulu-Celebes Sea
West Bering Sea
West Central Australian Shelf
West Greenland Shelf
Yellow Sea
n = 66
Checklists by Country / Islands
Country
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andaman Is
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Ascension Is
Australia
Azores Is
Bahamas
Bahrain
Baker Howland Is
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Tr.
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Canary Is
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Chile
China
Christmas Island (Aust.)
Clipperton Is
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
Congo, Republic of
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Crozet Is
Cuba
Cyprus
Denmark
Desventuradas Is
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Easter Is
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Faeroe Islands
Falkland Is. (Malvinas)
Fiji Islands
Finland
Fr Moz Ch Is
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Galapagos Is
Gambia
Gaza Strip
Georgia
Germany (Baltic)
Germany (North S
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard and McDonald Is.
High Seas
Honduras
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Jan Mayen
Japan (Pacific C
Japan (Sea of Ja
Jarvis Is
Johnston Island
Jordan
Juan Fernandez
Kenya
Kerguelen Is
Kermadec Is
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. People's Rep
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Lord Howe Is
Macau
Macquarie Is
Madagascar
Madeira Is
Malaysia (East P
Malaysia (Sabah)
Malaysia (Sarawa
Malaysia (West P
Maldives
Malta
Marcus Is
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia,Fed.States of
Midway Islands
Monaco
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Navassa Is
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Marianas
Norway
Ogasawara Is
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palmyra Is
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn
Poland
Portugal
Prince Edward Is
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Réunion
Romania
Russian Fed (Asi
Russian Fed (Bal
Russian Fed (Bar
Ryukyu & Daishot
S. Georgia - S. Sandwich Is.
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia (Pe
Saudi Arabia (Re
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Paul Amst Is
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Sweden
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan
Tanzania, United Rep. of
Thailand
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trindade Is
Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan da Cunha
Tromelin Is
Tunisia
Turkey (Black Se
Turkey (Mediterr
Turks and Caicos Is.
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
US (Alaska)
US (Hawaii)
US Virgin Islands
USA (contiguous states)
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Virgin Islands (UK)
Wake Island
Wallis and Futuna Is.
Western Sahara
Yemen
n = 240
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MPA planning tool
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Freshwater checklists
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Note: Tools with (
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) display point maps.
Cite AquaMaps itself as:
Kaschner, K., J. Rius-Barile, K. Kesner-Reyes, C. Garilao, S.O. Kullander, T. Rees and R. Froese. 2010. AquaMaps: Predicted range maps for aquatic species. World wide web electronic publication, www.aquamaps.org, Version 08/2010.
The creation of AquaMaps is supported by:
The Pew Fellows Program in
Marine Conservation
IncoFish
European Commission
U.S. Geological Survey
D4Science
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Species ID
*Species No.
893
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4874
164
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892
31
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163
6
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30
1
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5