Poecilia reticulata

species of fish, the guppy
Taxon taxon Q178202
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Summary

Poecilia reticulata is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.4% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,791 views/month, #783 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Poecilia[5]
  • Taxon name: Poecilia reticulata[6]
  • Commons category: Poecilia reticulata[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Poecilia reticulata[8]
  • Commons gallery: Poecilia reticulata[9]
  • Short name: P. reticulata[10]
  • Taxon common name: 孔雀花鱂[11], 虹鱂(孔雀魚)[12], 孔雀魚[13], 胎鱂[14], 虹鱂[15], guppy[16]
  • Has part(s) of the class: aquarium fish[17]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q138208263[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
  • Invasive to: Madagascar[20], Australia[21]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[22]
  • Sequenced genome URL: http://www.ensembl.org/Poecilia_reticulata[23]

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Identifiers

Poecilia reticulata's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 173412[24]. Poecilia reticulata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8081[25]. Poecilia reticulata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 208520[26]. Poecilia reticulata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2350050[27]. Poecilia reticulata's ITIS TSN is recorded as 165903[28].

Why It Matters

Poecilia reticulata has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → guppies
    Taxon author → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: guppies, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934732|guppies (#289934732)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 17w ago · Luismmontilla · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon author → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author: Jullius Gollmer"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category → Category:Poecilia reticulata
    Has part(s) of the class → aquarium fish
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 39154, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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