Garfish

species of edible fish, in the genus Belone
Taxon taxon Q643373
Garfish
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Summary

Garfish is a taxon[1]. Garfish ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,686 views/month, #1,345 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Belone[5]
  • Taxon name: Belone belone[6]
  • Commons category: Belone belone[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Belone belone[8]
  • Commons gallery: Belone belone[9]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[11]
  • Taxon synonym: Esox belone[12]
  • Short name: B. belone[13]
  • Taxon common name: Garfish[14], Orphie[15], Aguja[16], Guya[17], Aguglia[18], Aguia[19], Aiguille[20], Aiguille de Mer[21], Aiguillette[22], Orphie Commune[23], Orphie Vulgaire[24], Garpike[25], țipar de mare[26], știucă de mare[27]

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Identifiers

Garfish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 118597[28]. Garfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 129037[29]. Garfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2369178[30]. Garfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 165594[31].

Why It Matters

Garfish has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Garfish is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. 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. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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