Acanthurus coeruleus

surgeonfish
Taxon taxon Q882618
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Acanthurus coeruleus

Summary

Acanthurus coeruleus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Acanthurus coeruleus's image is recorded as Blue Tang.jpg[3].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's image is recorded as Atlantic blue tang surgeonfish ("Acanthurus coeruleus") -13092009a.jpg[4].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's parent taxon is recorded as Acanthurus[8].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's taxon name is recorded as Acanthurus coeruleus[9].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's Commons category is recorded as Acanthurus coeruleus[10].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's color is recorded as blue[11].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 177953[12].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02v__3v[13].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's UNII is recorded as 9X2APY0IG3[14].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 157585[15].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172254[16].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5209188[17].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 159581[18].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acanthurus coeruleus[19].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's Commons gallery is recorded as Acanthurus coeruleus[20].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's FishBase species ID is recorded as 944[21].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. coeruleus'}[22].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blue tang'}[23].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Barbero'}[24].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Barbero azul'}[25].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cirujano'}[26].
  • Acanthurus coeruleus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cirujano azul'}[27].

Why It Matters

Acanthurus coeruleus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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