Elopidae

family of fishes
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q15220778
Elopidae
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Elopidae

Summary

Elopidae is a monotypic taxon[1]. Elopidae ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elopidae's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Elopidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Elopidae belongs to the parent taxon Elopiformes[5].
  • Elopidae's scientific name is Elopidae[6].
  • Elopidae's Commons category is recorded as Elopidae[7].
  • Elopidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ladyfishes and tenpounders'}[8].
  • Elopidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'カライワシ科'}[9].
  • Elopidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ปลาตาเหลือก'}[10].
  • Elopidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ปลาตาเหลือกยาว'}[11].
  • Elopidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Hanım balığıgiller'}[12].
  • Elopidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Tienponders'}[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Elopidae is Elopidae[6]. Elopidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Elopidae belongs to the parent taxon Elopiformes[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ladyfishes and tenpounders'}[8], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'カライワシ科'}[9], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ปลาตาเหลือก'}[10], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ปลาตาเหลือกยาว'}[11], {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Hanım balığıgiller'}[12], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Tienponders'}[13].

Identifiers

Elopidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51420[14]. Elopidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7926[15]. Elopidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5512[16]. Elopidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3698[17]. Elopidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161109[18].

Why It Matters

Elopidae ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2] Elopidae has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

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. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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