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Characiformes

order of fishes
Taxon taxon Q217458
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Characiformes

Summary

Characiformes is a taxon[1]. Characiformes ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (193 views/month, #1,466 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Characiformes's image is recorded as Schmucksalmler (1).jpg[3].
  • Characiformes's image is recorded as Brycinus longipinnis.JPG[4].
  • Characiformes's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Characiformes's taxon rank is recorded as order[6].
  • Characiformes's parent taxon is recorded as Ostariophysi[7].
  • Characiformes's parent taxon is recorded as Actinopterygii[8].
  • Characiformes's parent taxon is recorded as Actinopteri[9].
  • Characiformes's parent taxon is recorded as Characiphysae[10].
  • Characiformes's taxon name is recorded as Characiformes[11].
  • Characiformes's Commons category is recorded as Characiformes[12].
  • Characiformes's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D060125[13].
  • Characiformes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d217[14].
  • Characiformes's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.150.900.493.130[15].
  • Characiformes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7991[16].
  • Characiformes's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph138189[17].
  • Characiformes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553129[18].
  • Characiformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6896[19].
  • Characiformes's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 15666[20].
  • Characiformes's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 92060[21].
  • Characiformes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 537[22].
  • Characiformes's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 151956[23].
  • Characiformes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Characiformes[24].
  • Characiformes's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Characiformes[25].
  • Characiformes's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'karpelaksfisker'}[26].
  • Characiformes's Plazi ID is recorded as E55FC469-FFB5-FF81-FE89-8D30FB1AA899[27].

Why It Matters

Characiformes ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (193 views/month, #1,466 of 195,241).[2] Characiformes has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Characiformes is known by 26 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Plazi. 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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