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Istiophoridae

family of fishes that includes the marlins and sailfish
Class type of: billfish Q30961
Istiophoridae
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Facts

7 properties
Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
billfish
Different from
billfish[10]
Parent taxon
Istiophoriformes, Menoidei[4][5]
Taxon common name
seilfiskfamilien, billfish, billfishes[7][8][9]
Taxon name
Istiophoridae[6]
Taxon rank
family[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Istiophoridae en billfishes en billfish en istiophorids ar سمكة مرلين ar مرلن ar أسماك مرلينية ar المرلين ar Marlin ar المرلن ar Istiophoridae cs plachetníkovití cs marlín da Istiophoridae da Sejlfisk da Marlin de Speerfisch de Istiophoridae de Speerfische de Fächer- und Speerfische
🔖 Identifiers · 32
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85014044
ADW taxon ID
Istiophoridae
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Istiophoridae
BOLD Systems taxon ID
500
Catalogue of Life ID
BGP
Encyclopedia of Life ID
5310
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Istiophoridae
FAST ID
831796
Fossilworks taxon ID
83023
Freebase ID
/m/015dmz
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
9670
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
seilfisker
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2322346
INaturalist taxon ID
47542
IRMNG ID
110345
ITIS TSN
172486
Interlingual Index ID
i49543
J9U entity ID
987007284623605171
Library of Congress Classification
QL638.I88
NALT ID
47920
NBIC scientific name ID
204154
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000160239
NCBI taxonomy ID
27768
NDL Authority ID
00565270
Open Tree of Life ID
280949
Plazi ID
865687AC-8ECD-44A2-FF0F-09A4FC0A79FF
Topic's main category
Category:Istiophoridae
UBio ID
114174
UMLS CUI
C1001705
WoRMS-ID for taxa
125539
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02632682-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/50db0893-cc21-415f-9959-598e08a5ec87

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 4
sailfish, Makaira, Tetrapturus, Kajikia
Different from 1
billfish
Instance of 1
taxon
Named after 1
Miami Marlins
Parent taxon 1
Istiophoriformes
Subclass of 1
billfish
Subtypes 1
marlin
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Istiophoridae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Istiophoridae
← Different from 1
billfish
← Taxon known by this common name 1
marlin
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Summary

Istiophoridae is a taxon[1]. Istiophoridae is a type of billfish[2].

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Discovery and Description

Things named for Istiophoridae include Miami Marlins[11], a baseball team[12], in United States[13], founded in 1993[14].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Istiophoridae include Miami Marlins[11], a baseball team[12], in United States[13], founded in 1993[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. 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. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i49543
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 02632682-n
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Parent taxon → Istiophoriformes, Menoidei
    Different from → billfish
    Instance of → taxon
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007284623605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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