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Clupeidae

family of fishes (the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa and menhadens)
Taxon taxon Q27141
Clupeidae
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Clupeidae

Summary

Clupeidae is a taxon[1]. Clupeidae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month, #1,525 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Clupeidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Clupeidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Clupeidae is classified within Clupeiformes[5].
  • Clupeidae's scientific name is Clupeidae[6].
  • Clupeidae's Commons category is recorded as Clupeidae[7].
  • Clupeidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clupeidae[8].
  • Clupeidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9].
  • Clupeidae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • Clupeidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[11].
  • Clupeidae's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[12].
  • Clupeidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as Clupeidae fish oil[13].
  • Clupeidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as salted herring skin[14].
  • Clupeidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as salted herring[15].
  • Clupeidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as smoked herring[16].
  • Clupeidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sildefamilien'}[17].
  • Clupeidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

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Classification

Clupeidae's scientific name is Clupeidae[6]. Clupeidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Clupeidae belongs to the parent taxon Clupeiformes[5]. Clupeidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sildefamilien'}[17].

Identifiers

Clupeidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49236[19]. Clupeidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55118[20]. Clupeidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6893[21]. Clupeidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7332[22]. Clupeidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161700[23].

Why It Matters

Clupeidae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month, #1,525 of 195,241).[2] Clupeidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Clupeidae is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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