Macrouridae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q766678
Macrouridae
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Macrouridae

Summary

Macrouridae is a taxon[1]. Macrouridae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Macrouridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Macrouridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Macrouridae belongs to the parent taxon Gadiformes[5].
  • Macrouridae belongs to the parent taxon Macrouroidei[6].
  • Macrouridae's scientific name is Macrouridae[7].
  • Macrouridae's Commons category is recorded as Macrouridae[8].
  • Macrouridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Macrouridae[9].
  • Macrouridae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10].
  • Macrouridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'skolestfamilien'}[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Macrouridae is Macrouridae[7]. Macrouridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Gadiformes[5] and Macrouroidei[6]. Macrouridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'skolestfamilien'}[11].

Identifiers

Macrouridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85881[12]. Macrouridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30761[13]. Macrouridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5502[14]. Macrouridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6978[15]. Macrouridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 165332[16].

Why It Matters

Macrouridae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2] Macrouridae has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Macrouridae is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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