alligator gar

Ray-finned euryhaline fish related to the bowfin in the infraclass Holostei
Taxon taxon Q522735
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alligator gar

Summary

alligator gar is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,115 views/month, #726 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • alligator gar's image is recorded as Atractosteus spatula (Alligatorhecht).jpg[3].
  • alligator gar's image is recorded as Alligator Gar 10.JPG[4].
  • alligator gar's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • alligator gar's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • alligator gar's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • alligator gar's parent taxon is recorded as Atractosteus[8].
  • alligator gar's taxon range map image is recorded as Atractosteus spatula range.png[9].
  • alligator gar's taxon name is recorded as Atractosteus spatula[10].
  • alligator gar's Commons category is recorded as Atractosteus spatula[11].
  • alligator gar's start time is recorded as -3600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • alligator gar's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 191024[13].
  • alligator gar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05sj9x[14].
  • alligator gar's UNII is recorded as V478JH49XO[15].
  • alligator gar's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7917[16].
  • alligator gar's ITIS TSN is recorded as 201897[17].
  • alligator gar's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46582207[18].
  • alligator gar's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 139586[19].
  • alligator gar's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2346754[20].
  • alligator gar's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 279822[21].
  • alligator gar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atractosteus spatula[22].
  • alligator gar's Commons gallery is recorded as Atractosteus spatula[23].
  • alligator gar's FishBase species ID is recorded as 1073[24].
  • alligator gar's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/alligator-gar[25].
  • alligator gar's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. spatula'}[26].
  • alligator gar's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0327768[27].

Why It Matters

alligator gar ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,115 views/month, #726 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . UMLS 2023. 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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