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Hemiscyllium

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q557963
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Summary

Hemiscyllium is a taxon[1]. Hemiscyllium ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Hemiscylliidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Hemiscyllium[5]
  • Commons category: Hemiscyllium[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hemiscyllium[7]

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Identifiers

Hemiscyllium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 88827[8]. Hemiscyllium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 170819[9]. Hemiscyllium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559716[10]. Hemiscyllium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5215490[11]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 159930[12] and 159941[13].

Why It Matters

Hemiscyllium has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Hemiscyllium is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 159930, 159941
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Hemiscyllium
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 159941, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
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