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Protopterus

genus of fishes
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Protopterus

Summary

Protopterus is a taxon[1]. Protopterus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #1,577 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Protopterus's image is recorded as Gőtehal-2.jpg[3].
  • Protopterus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Protopterus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Protopterus's parent taxon is recorded as Protopteridae[6].
  • Protopterus's taxon name is recorded as Protopterus[7].
  • Protopterus's GND ID is recorded as 4803595-6[8].
  • Protopterus's Commons category is recorded as Protopterus[9].
  • Protopterus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03rn3s[10].
  • Protopterus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7885[11].
  • Protopterus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161044[12].
  • Protopterus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 16182[13].
  • Protopterus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 91688[14].
  • Protopterus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441252[15].
  • Protopterus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 270544[16].
  • Protopterus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Protopterus[17].
  • Protopterus's Commons gallery is recorded as Protopterus[18].
  • Protopterus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Protopterus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/African-lungfish[20].
  • Protopterus's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0998811[21].
  • Protopterus's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3169679[22].
  • Protopterus's EPPO Code is recorded as 1PTPTG[23].
  • Protopterus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 91368[24].
  • Protopterus's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 4324[25].
  • Protopterus's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Protopterus[26].
  • Protopterus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1295830[27].

Why It Matters

Protopterus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #1,577 of 195,241).[2] Protopterus has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Protopterus is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . 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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