Dusky shark

Summary

Dusky shark is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (235 views/month, #1,467 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dusky shark's image is recorded as Carcharhinus obscurus at Seaworld.jpg^[3].
• Dusky shark's image is recorded as Caobs u0.png^[4].
• Dusky shark's instance of is recorded as taxon^[5].
• Dusky shark's taxon rank is recorded as species^[6].
• Dusky shark's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status^[7].
• Dusky shark's parent taxon is recorded as Carcharhinus^[8].
• Dusky shark's taxon range map image is recorded as Carcharhinus obscurus distmap.png^[9].
• Dusky shark's taxon name is recorded as Carcharhinus obscurus^[10].
• Dusky shark's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85020152^[11].
• Dusky shark's Commons category is recorded as Carcharhinus obscurus^[12].
• Dusky shark's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 3852^[13].
• Dusky shark's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bv0v2^[14].
• Dusky shark's UNII is recorded as FC2L8IO3UP^[15].
• Dusky shark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7807^[16].
• Dusky shark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160268^[17].
• Dusky shark's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559787^[18].
• Dusky shark's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 83194^[19].
• Dusky shark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2418005^[20].
• Dusky shark's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 105796^[21].
• Dusky shark's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carcharhinus obscurus^[22].
• Dusky shark's Commons gallery is recorded as Carcharhinus obscurus^[23].
• Dusky shark's FishBase species ID is recorded as 878^[24].
• Dusky shark's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341^[25].
• Dusky shark's original combination is recorded as Squalus obscurus^[26].
• Dusky shark's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. obscurus'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Dusky shark ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (235 views/month, #1,467 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]