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Gymnotus

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q13033659
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Summary

Gymnotus is a taxon[1]. Gymnotus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gymnotus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Gymnotus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Gymnotus is classified within Gymnotidae[5].
  • Gymnotus's scientific name is Gymnotus[6].
  • Gymnotus's Commons category is recorded as Gymnotus[7].
  • Gymnotus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gymnotus[8].
  • Gymnotus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Gymnotus is Gymnotus[6]. Gymnotus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Gymnotus is classified within Gymnotidae[5].

Identifiers

Gymnotus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 88675[10]. Gymnotus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36670[11]. Gymnotus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 24958[12]. Gymnotus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2346530[13]. Gymnotus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 163309[14].

Why It Matters

Gymnotus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2] Gymnotus has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · ZorglubAB · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Gymnotus
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Catalogue of life id: KVBCM"
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