New Zealand smelt

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q5254484
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New Zealand smelt

Summary

New Zealand smelt is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Zealand smelt's image is recorded as Retropinna retropinna (New Zealand smelt).gif[3].
  • New Zealand smelt's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • New Zealand smelt's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • New Zealand smelt's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • New Zealand smelt's parent taxon is recorded as Retropinna[7].
  • New Zealand smelt's taxon range map image is recorded as Retropinna retropinna - map.svg[8].
  • New Zealand smelt's endemic to is recorded as New Zealand[9].
  • New Zealand smelt's taxon name is recorded as Retropinna retropinna[10].
  • New Zealand smelt's Commons category is recorded as Retropinna retropinna[11].
  • New Zealand smelt's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 197325[12].
  • New Zealand smelt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0byqbc[13].
  • New Zealand smelt's UNII is recorded as QIL3YGV57H[14].
  • New Zealand smelt's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 170203[15].
  • New Zealand smelt's ITIS TSN is recorded as 162122[16].
  • New Zealand smelt's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46563102[17].
  • New Zealand smelt's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2410427[18].
  • New Zealand smelt's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 282568[19].
  • New Zealand smelt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Retropinna retropinna[20].
  • New Zealand smelt's Commons gallery is recorded as Retropinna retropinna[21].
  • New Zealand smelt's FishBase species ID is recorded as 12243[22].
  • New Zealand smelt's described by source is recorded as Critter of the Week[23].
  • New Zealand smelt's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'R. retropinna'}[24].
  • New Zealand smelt's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common Smelt'}[25].
  • New Zealand smelt's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Zealand smelt'}[26].
  • New Zealand smelt's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as dcd17e44-8e26-40cb-a301-95c62a36e96f[27].

Why It Matters

New Zealand smelt ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . New Zealand Organisms Register. 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.

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