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pencil fish

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Taxon taxon Q1766413
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pencil fish

Summary

pencil fish is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • pencil fish's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • pencil fish is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • pencil fish belongs to the parent taxon Lebiasinidae[5].
  • pencil fish's scientific name is Nannostomus[6].
  • pencil fish's Commons category is recorded as Nannostomus[7].
  • pencil fish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nannostomus[8].

Body

Classification

pencil fish's scientific name is Nannostomus[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus[4]. It is classified within Lebiasinidae[5].

Identifiers

pencil fish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48566[9]. pencil fish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 42606[10]. pencil fish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 10948[11]. pencil fish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2352439[12]. pencil fish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 163096[13].

Why It Matters

pencil fish ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Lebiasinidae
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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