Polypterus

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q1303295
Polypterus
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Polypterus

Summary

Polypterus is a taxon[1]. Polypterus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Polypterus's image is recorded as Polypterus senegalus - Senegal-Flösselhecht - Albino.jpg[3].
  • Polypterus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Polypterus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Polypterus's parent taxon is recorded as bichir[6].
  • Polypterus's taxon name is recorded as Polypterus[7].
  • Polypterus's Commons category is recorded as Polypterus[8].
  • Polypterus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/060782[9].
  • Polypterus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8290[10].
  • Polypterus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161059[11].
  • Polypterus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 13138[12].
  • Polypterus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 131420[13].
  • Polypterus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2346574[14].
  • Polypterus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 270479[15].
  • Polypterus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polypterus[16].
  • Polypterus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • Polypterus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'bichir'}[18].
  • Polypterus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ปลาบิเชียร์'}[19].
  • Polypterus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ปลาไบเคอร์'}[20].
  • Polypterus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Bişir'}[21].
  • Polypterus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Багатопер'}[22].
  • Polypterus's different from is recorded as Palmas[23].
  • Polypterus's Plazi ID is recorded as 156D1DD8-11D0-1209-3AF3-28849AB214D2[24].
  • Polypterus's Plazi ID is recorded as 6B752745-FFC1-441A-FEF4-0059FBAEFC43[25].
  • Polypterus's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0998983[26].
  • Polypterus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 91228[27].

Why It Matters

Polypterus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2] Polypterus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Polypterus is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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