Pond smelt

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q1074919
Pond smelt
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Pond smelt

Summary

Pond smelt is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pond smelt's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pond smelt is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Pond smelt's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Pond smelt belongs to the parent taxon Hypomesus[6].
  • Pond smelt's scientific name is Hypomesus olidus[7].
  • Pond smelt's Commons category is recorded as Hypomesus olidus[8].
  • Pond smelt's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. olidus'}[9].
  • Pond smelt is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pond Smelt'}[10].
  • Pond smelt is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '池沼公鱼'}[11].
  • Pond smelt's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[12].
  • Pond smelt's taxon range is recorded as People's Republic of China[13].

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Classification

Pond smelt's scientific name is Hypomesus olidus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Hypomesus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pond Smelt'}[10] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '池沼公鱼'}[11].

Identifiers

Pond smelt's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 103143[14]. Pond smelt's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 240830[15]. Pond smelt's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2410880[16]. Pond smelt's ITIS TSN is recorded as 162031[17].

Why It Matters

Pond smelt ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. 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. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Hypomesus
    Instance of taxon
    Taxon range People's Republic of China
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563250805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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