Melanocetidae

family of the order anglerfish (Lophiiformes)
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q18640159
Melanocetidae
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Melanocetidae

Summary

Melanocetidae is a monotypic taxon[1]. Melanocetidae ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melanocetidae's image is recorded as Humpback anglerfish.png[3].
  • Melanocetidae's image is recorded as Melanocetus murrayi.jpg[4].
  • Melanocetidae's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[5].
  • Melanocetidae's taxon rank is recorded as family[6].
  • Melanocetidae's parent taxon is recorded as Lophiiformes[7].
  • Melanocetidae's parent taxon is recorded as Ceratioidea[8].
  • Melanocetidae's taxon name is recorded as Melanocetidae[9].
  • Melanocetidae's Commons category is recorded as Melanocetus[10].
  • Melanocetidae's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 62512[11].
  • Melanocetidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 181423[12].
  • Melanocetidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 164611[13].
  • Melanocetidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5454[14].
  • Melanocetidae's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 266335[15].
  • Melanocetidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3877[16].
  • Melanocetidae's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 125494[17].
  • Melanocetidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melanocetidae[18].
  • Melanocetidae's Plazi ID is recorded as EF45FB7C-C260-FFAF-3DC0-47CAFA8FF9CD[19].
  • Melanocetidae's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b7c0y9vm[20].
  • Melanocetidae's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as a9d6cc78-27c0-4732-9e0a-93f3b05cfcac[21].
  • Melanocetidae's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1206380[22].
  • Melanocetidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 64213[23].
  • Melanocetidae's NBN System Key is recorded as NHMSYS0000329167[24].
  • Melanocetidae's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 839[25].
  • Melanocetidae's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Melanocetidae[26].
  • Melanocetidae's IRMNG ID is recorded as 111641[27].

Why It Matters

Melanocetidae ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] Melanocetidae has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Melanocetidae is known by 10 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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 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] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . 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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