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Scophthalmus

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Scophthalmus

Summary

Scophthalmus is a taxon[1]. Scophthalmus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #1,623 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scophthalmus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Scophthalmus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Scophthalmus belongs to the parent taxon Scophthalmidae[5].
  • Scophthalmus's scientific name is Scophthalmus[6].
  • Scophthalmus's Commons category is recorded as Scophthalmus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Scophthalmus is Pleuronectes rhombus[8].
  • Scophthalmus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scophthalmus[9].
  • Scophthalmus's taxon synonym is recorded as Rhombus[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Scophthalmus is Scophthalmus[6]. Scophthalmus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Scophthalmus is classified within Scophthalmidae[5]. The taxonomic type of Scophthalmus is Pleuronectes rhombus[8].

Identifiers

Scophthalmus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61392[11]. Scophthalmus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52903[12]. Scophthalmus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2409400[13]. Scophthalmus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172745[14].

Why It Matters

Scophthalmus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #1,623 of 195,241).[2] Scophthalmus has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Scophthalmus is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Pleuronectes rhombus
    Parent taxon → Scophthalmidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Scophthalmus
    Taxon synonym → Rhombus
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007542038105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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