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Rainbow smelt

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Taxon taxon Q2641362
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Rainbow smelt

Summary

Rainbow smelt is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month, #1,562 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rainbow smelt's image is recorded as Osmerus mordax 364847421.jpg[3].
  • Rainbow smelt's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Rainbow smelt's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Rainbow smelt's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Rainbow smelt's parent taxon is recorded as Osmerus[7].
  • Rainbow smelt's taxon name is recorded as Osmerus mordax[8].
  • Rainbow smelt's Commons category is recorded as Osmerus mordax[9].
  • Rainbow smelt's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 202413[10].
  • Rainbow smelt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bq6r7[11].
  • Rainbow smelt's UNII is recorded as 2L6965TV34[12].
  • Rainbow smelt's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8014[13].
  • Rainbow smelt's ITIS TSN is recorded as 162041[14].
  • Rainbow smelt's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 357054[15].
  • Rainbow smelt's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4283983[16].
  • Rainbow smelt's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 126737[17].
  • Rainbow smelt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Osmerus mordax[18].
  • Rainbow smelt's Commons gallery is recorded as Osmerus mordax[19].
  • Rainbow smelt's FishBase species ID is recorded as 253[20].
  • Rainbow smelt's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. mordax'}[21].
  • Rainbow smelt's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rainbow Smelt'}[22].
  • Rainbow smelt's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0327965[23].
  • Rainbow smelt's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 179504[24].
  • Rainbow smelt's TAXREF ID is recorded as 67751[25].
  • Rainbow smelt's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 10696[26].
  • Rainbow smelt's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Osmerus_mordax[27].

Why It Matters

Rainbow smelt ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month, #1,562 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 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] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . TAXREF v9.0. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Barcode of Life Data Systems. 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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