American paddlefish

planktivorous freshwater fish in the Polyodontidae family native to North America
Taxon taxon Q827142
American paddlefish
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American paddlefish

Summary

American paddlefish is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (777 views/month, #1,146 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • American paddlefish's image is recorded as Paddlefish Polyodon spathula.jpg[3].
  • American paddlefish's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • American paddlefish's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • American paddlefish's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[6].
  • American paddlefish's parent taxon is recorded as Polyodon[7].
  • American paddlefish's taxon name is recorded as Polyodon spathula[8].
  • American paddlefish's Commons category is recorded as Polyodon spathula[9].
  • American paddlefish's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 17938[10].
  • American paddlefish's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nsg2[11].
  • American paddlefish's UNII is recorded as 5RVJ2551ZM[12].
  • American paddlefish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7913[13].
  • American paddlefish's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph136876[14].
  • American paddlefish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161088[15].
  • American paddlefish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 208600[16].
  • American paddlefish's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 139582[17].
  • American paddlefish's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 94913[18].
  • American paddlefish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5212833[19].
  • American paddlefish's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 994653[20].
  • American paddlefish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polyodon spathula[21].
  • American paddlefish's Commons gallery is recorded as Polyodon spathula[22].
  • American paddlefish's FishBase species ID is recorded as 174[23].
  • American paddlefish's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24].
  • American paddlefish's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/American-paddlefish[25].
  • American paddlefish's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. spathula'}[26].
  • American paddlefish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Paddlefish'}[27].

Why It Matters

American paddlefish ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (777 views/month, #1,146 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 32 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ARKive. 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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