silky shark

Summary

silky shark is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (404 views/month, #1,477 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• silky shark's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• silky shark is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• silky shark's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable^[5].
• silky shark belongs to the parent taxon Carcharhinus^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, silky shark is Carcharhinus falciformis^[7].
• silky shark's Commons category is recorded as Carcharhinus falciformis^[8].
• silky shark's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carcharhinus falciformis^[9].
• silky shark's Commons gallery is recorded as Carcharhinus falciformis^[10].
• silky shark's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341^[11].
• silky shark's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. falciformis'}^[12].
• silky shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Silky shark'}^[13].
• silky shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Silky Shark'}^[14].
• silky shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鐮狀真鯊'}^[15].
• silky shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大沙'}^[16].
• silky shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '平滑白眼鮫'}^[17].
• silky shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鯊條'}^[18].
• silky shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '圓頭鯊'}^[19].
• silky shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'svilnati morski pes'}^[20].
• silky shark's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[21].
• silky shark's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[22].
• silky shark's taxon range is recorded as Brazil^[23].
• silky shark's taxon range is recorded as New Guinea^[24].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, silky shark is Carcharhinus falciformis^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Carcharhinus^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Silky shark'}^[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鐮狀真鯊'}^[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大沙'}^[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '平滑白眼鮫'}^[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鯊條'}^[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '圓頭鯊'}^[19].

Identifiers

silky shark's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 96754^[25]. silky shark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 202609^[26]. silky shark's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559780^[27]. silky shark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2418095^[28]. silky shark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160310^[29].

Why It Matters

silky shark ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (404 views/month, #1,477 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]