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Periophthalmus

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Taxon taxon Q662601
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Periophthalmus

Summary

Periophthalmus is a taxon[1]. Periophthalmus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (255 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Periophthalmus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Periophthalmus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Periophthalmus belongs to the parent taxon mudskipper[5].
  • Periophthalmus is classified within Gobiidae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Periophthalmus is Periophthalmus[7].
  • Periophthalmus's Commons category is recorded as Periophthalmus[8].
  • Periophthalmus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Periophthalmus[9].

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Classification

Periophthalmus's scientific name is Periophthalmus[7]. Periophthalmus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include mudskipper[5] and Gobiidae[6].

Identifiers

Periophthalmus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 67837[10]. Periophthalmus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 86204[11]. Periophthalmus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46576688[12]. Periophthalmus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2376952[13]. Periophthalmus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172057[14].

Why It Matters

Periophthalmus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (255 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2] Periophthalmus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Periophthalmus is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i49486
    Parent taxon → mudskipper, Gobiidae
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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