Pterois

Summary

Pterois is a taxon^[1]. Pterois ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,630 views/month, #509 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pterois's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Pterois is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• lion is named after Pterois^[5].
• fire is named after Pterois^[6].
• Pterois is classified within Scorpaenidae^[7].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Pterois is Pterois^[8].
• Pterois's Commons category is recorded as Pterois^[9].
• Pterois's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pterois^[10].
• Pterois's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[11].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pterois is Pterois^[8]. Pterois is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Pterois belongs to the parent taxon Scorpaenidae^[7].

Discovery and Description

Things named after include lion^[5], a taxon^[12] and fire^[6]. Things named for Pterois include USS Lionfish^[13], a preserved watercraft^[14], in United States^[15].

Identifiers

Pterois's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47284^[16]. Pterois's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 185881^[17]. Pterois's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46568061^[18]. Pterois's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2334432^[19]. Pterois's ITIS TSN is recorded as 166882^[20].

Why It Matters

Pterois ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,630 views/month, #509 of 195,241).^[2] Pterois has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] Pterois is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for Pterois include USS Lionfish^[13], a preserved watercraft^[14], in United States^[15].