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Selene

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q671979
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Selene

Summary

Selene is a taxon[1]. Selene ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Selene's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Selene is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Selene belongs to the parent taxon Carangidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Selene is Selene[6].
  • Selene's Commons category is recorded as Selene (genus)[7].
  • Selene's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Selene (fish)[8].
  • Selene's different from is recorded as Selene[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Selene is Selene[6]. Selene is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Selene is classified within Carangidae[5].

Identifiers

Selene's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49599[10]. Selene's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 179363[11]. Selene's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2390697[12]. Selene's ITIS TSN is recorded as 168679[13].

Why It Matters

Selene ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Selene has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Selene is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i49241
    Parent taxon → Carangidae
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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