Sphyraena

genus of fishes, the Barracudas
Taxon taxon Q193921
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Sphyraena

Summary

Sphyraena is a taxon[1]. Sphyraena ranks in the top 0.22% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,141 views/month, #434 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sphyraena's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sphyraena is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sphyraena is classified within Sphyraenidae[5].
  • Sphyraena's scientific name is Sphyraena[6].
  • Sphyraena's Commons category is recorded as Sphyraena[7].
  • Sphyraena began on -56000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Sphyraena's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sphyraena[9].
  • Sphyraena is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'barracuda'}[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Sphyraena is Sphyraena[6]. Sphyraena is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sphyraena belongs to the parent taxon Sphyraenidae[5]. Sphyraena is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'barracuda'}[10].

Identifiers

Sphyraena's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47263[11]. Sphyraena's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13691[12]. Sphyraena's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46577212[13]. Sphyraena's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2369201[14]. Sphyraena's ITIS TSN is recorded as 170425[15].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Sphyraena include USS Becuna[16], a military museum[17], in United States[18] and USS Sennet[19], an attack submarine[20].

Why It Matters

Sphyraena ranks in the top 0.22% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,141 views/month, #434 of 195,241).[2] Sphyraena has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Sphyraena is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for Sphyraena include USS Becuna[16], a military museum[17], in United States[18] and USS Sennet[19], an attack submarine[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i49386
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: barracudas, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911213|barracudas (#289911213)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
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