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Atherina

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q133469
Atherina
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Summary

Atherina is a taxon[1]. Atherina ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (346 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Atherininae[4]
  • Taxon name: Atherina[5]
  • Commons category: Atherina[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Atherina hepsetus[7]
  • Start time: -55800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Atherina[9]
  • Taxon common name: friars[10]
  • MCN code: 0302.89.24[11]
  • Homonymous taxon: Atherina[12]

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Identifiers

Atherina's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 86714[13]. Atherina's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 87784[14]. Atherina's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46566591[15]. Atherina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2348168[16]. Atherina's ITIS TSN is recorded as 166022[17].

Why It Matters

Atherina has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Atherina is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · ZorglubAB · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
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    Catalogue of life id → KTY9L
    Start time → -55800000-00-00T00:00:00Z
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