pink salmon

species of Pacific salmon
Taxon taxon Q673380
pink salmon
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pink salmon

Summary

pink salmon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (873 views/month, #1,389 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • pink salmon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • pink salmon's instance of is recorded as food product[4].
  • pink salmon is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • pink salmon belongs to the parent taxon Oncorhynchus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, pink salmon is Oncorhynchus gorbuscha[7].
  • pink salmon is a type of Pacific salmon[8].
  • pink salmon is a type of fish as food[9].
  • pink salmon's Commons category is recorded as Oncorhynchus gorbuscha[10].
  • pink salmon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oncorhynchus gorbuscha[11].
  • pink salmon's Commons gallery is recorded as Oncorhynchus gorbuscha[12].
  • pink salmon's described at URL is recorded as http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=pinksalmon.main[13].
  • pink salmon's described at URL is recorded as https://spsseg.org/meet-the-7-species-of-pacific-salmon/[14].
  • pink salmon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • pink salmon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[16].
  • pink salmon's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. gorbuscha'}[17].
  • pink salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'kyttyrälohi'}[18].
  • pink salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pink Salmon'}[19].
  • pink salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'pukkellaks'}[20].
  • pink salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'salmón arrosáu'}[21].
  • pink salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'gorbusza'}[22].
  • pink salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'grbavi losos'}[23].
  • pink salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Buckellachs'}[24].
  • pink salmon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[25].
  • pink salmon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[26].
  • pink salmon's taxon range is recorded as North Pacific Ocean[27].

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Classification

pink salmon's scientific name is Oncorhynchus gorbuscha[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Oncorhynchus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'kyttyrälohi'}[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pink Salmon'}[19], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'pukkellaks'}[20], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'salmón arrosáu'}[21], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'gorbusza'}[22], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'grbavi losos'}[23].

Identifiers

pink salmon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 107570[28]. pink salmon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8017[29]. pink salmon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46563135[30]. pink salmon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5204037[31]. pink salmon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161975[32].

Why It Matters

pink salmon ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (873 views/month, #1,389 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . E-Fauna BC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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