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Regalecidae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q1078201
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Summary

Regalecidae is a taxon[1]. Regalecidae ranks in the top 0.095% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,213 views/month, #186 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lampriformes[4]
  • Taxon name: Regalecidae[5]
  • Commons category: Regalecidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Regalecidae[7]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[8]
  • Taxon common name: Oarfish[9], Riemvissen[10], Sildekonge[11]
  • Homonymous taxon: Regalecidae[12]

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Identifiers

Regalecidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47512[13]. Regalecidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 81387[14]. Regalecidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5473[15]. Regalecidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3715[16]. Regalecidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 166354[17].

Why It Matters

Regalecidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Regalecidae is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . 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.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 41
    Taxon rank → family
    Parent taxon → Lampriformes
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bn', 'ca', 'ceb', 'co', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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