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Melanotaeniidae

family of fish
Taxon taxon Q1141512
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Melanotaeniidae

Summary

Melanotaeniidae is a taxon[1]. Melanotaeniidae ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month, #1,463 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melanotaeniidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melanotaeniidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Melanotaeniidae is classified within Atherinoidei[5].
  • Melanotaeniidae is classified within Atheriniformes[6].
  • Melanotaeniidae's scientific name is Melanotaeniidae[7].
  • Melanotaeniidae's Commons category is recorded as Melanotaeniidae[8].
  • Melanotaeniidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melanotaeniidae[9].
  • Melanotaeniidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10].
  • Melanotaeniidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'duhovkovití'}[11].
  • Melanotaeniidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Regenbogenfische'}[12].
  • Melanotaeniidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Rainbowfishes'}[13].
  • Melanotaeniidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'tęczankowate'}[14].
  • Melanotaeniidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'regnbuefiskfamilien'}[15].
  • Melanotaeniidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'mavričarke'}[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melanotaeniidae is Melanotaeniidae[7]. Melanotaeniidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Atherinoidei[5] and Atheriniformes[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'duhovkovití'}[11], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Regenbogenfische'}[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Rainbowfishes'}[13], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'tęczankowate'}[14], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'regnbuefiskfamilien'}[15], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'mavričarke'}[16].

Identifiers

Melanotaeniidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85891[17]. Melanotaeniidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30700[18]. Melanotaeniidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8273[19]. Melanotaeniidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7174[20]. Melanotaeniidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 165974[21].

Why It Matters

Melanotaeniidae ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month, #1,463 of 195,241).[2] Melanotaeniidae has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Melanotaeniidae is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Atherinoidei, Atheriniformes
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    Taxon rank → family
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