African Butter Catfish

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q134992
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African Butter Catfish

Summary

African Butter Catfish is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • African Butter Catfish's image is recorded as Schilbe mystus.jpg[3].
  • African Butter Catfish's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • African Butter Catfish's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • African Butter Catfish's parent taxon is recorded as Schilbe[7].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon name is recorded as Schilbe mystus[8].
  • African Butter Catfish's Commons category is recorded as Schilbe mystus[9].
  • African Butter Catfish's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 60385[10].
  • African Butter Catfish's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wyh9l[11].
  • African Butter Catfish's UNII is recorded as 63US9O4Z0V[12].
  • African Butter Catfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 69930[13].
  • African Butter Catfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 164087[14].
  • African Butter Catfish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 223144[15].
  • African Butter Catfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2341732[16].
  • African Butter Catfish's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1019298[17].
  • African Butter Catfish's FishBase species ID is recorded as 2447[18].
  • African Butter Catfish's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. mystus'}[19].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Butter Catfish'}[20].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'viherkuultomonni'}[21].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Zeza'}[22].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紅線錫伯鯰'}[23].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African glass catfish'}[24].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Butter barbel'}[25].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Butter catfish'}[26].
  • African Butter Catfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Butterfish'}[27].

Why It Matters

African Butter Catfish ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 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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