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Greater sand eel

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Taxon taxon Q1351670
Greater sand eel
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Greater sand eel

Summary

Greater sand eel is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Greater sand eel's image is recorded as Hyperoplus lanceolatus.jpg[3].
  • Greater sand eel's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Greater sand eel's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Greater sand eel's parent taxon is recorded as Hyperoplus[7].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon name is recorded as Hyperoplus lanceolatus[8].
  • Greater sand eel's Commons category is recorded as Hyperoplus lanceolatus[9].
  • Greater sand eel's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 18155982[10].
  • Greater sand eel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0270133[11].
  • Greater sand eel's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 508657[12].
  • Greater sand eel's ITIS TSN is recorded as 171682[13].
  • Greater sand eel's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2390014[14].
  • Greater sand eel's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 126756[15].
  • Greater sand eel's FishBase species ID is recorded as 1374[16].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lanzon'}[17].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pión'}[18].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lançon'}[19].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lançon Commun'}[20].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Sand-eel'}[21].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Sand Eel'}[22].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great Sandeel'}[23].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great Sand Eel'}[24].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Launce'}[25].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'smelt'}[26].
  • Greater sand eel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'lançon'}[27].

Why It Matters

Greater sand eel ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: 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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