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Siluriformes

order of fishes
Taxon Taxon Q59576

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Code of nomenclature
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11]
Described by source
Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12][13]
Named after
whiskers[3]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
Parent taxon
Ostariophysi, Actinopterygii, Actinopteri[4][5][6]
Start time
-100000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
Subject has role
fish[16]
Taxon common name
Catfish, mallefisker[14][15]
Taxon name
Siluriformes[7]
Taxon rank
order[2]
Taxonomic type
Siluridae[8]
Temporal range start
Campanian[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en catfish en Siluriformes en catfishes ar السلور ar سمك السلور ar سمك القرموط ar قراميط ar السلور(قرموط) ar سمك الجري ar سلوريات الشكل ar سمكة السلور ar حمار ب cs Siluriformes cs sumci da Siluriformes da Maller da malle de Saugmaulwels de Welsartige de Siluriformes
🔖 Identifiers · 60
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85021003
OpenAlex ID
C2778189562
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Siluriformes montage.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Siluriformes
Amazon.com browse node
6519636011
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300254559
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Siluriformes
BNCF Thesaurus ID
53315
BOLD Systems taxon ID
261
Belgian Species List ID
58817
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12151027x
BioLib taxon ID
15704
Show all 60 identifiers +48
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID
catfish
Catalogue of Life ID
6236K
Dewey Decimal Classification
597.49
Dyntaxa ID
3000254
EPPO Code
1SILUO
Elhuyar ZTH ID
030688
Encyclopedia of Life ID
5083
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/catfish
Fauna Europaea ID
12028
Fauna Europaea New ID
cf39f373-b721-41d5-a19a-79e32a7d16e4
Fossilworks taxon ID
35487
Freebase ID
/m/0cqrj
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
708
Golden ID (archived)
Catfish-REVYK
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
siluriformes
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0142563
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
mallefisker
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3636810
Harper's tag
catfishes
INaturalist taxon ID
49175
IRMNG ID
11492
ITIS TSN
163992
J9U entity ID
987007284852105171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
catfish
KBpedia ID
Catfish
Lex ID
maller
MeSH descriptor ID
D002397
MeSH tree code
B01.050.150.900.493.080
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778189562
Mississippi Encyclopedia ID
catfish
NBIC scientific name ID
236
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000164622
NCBI taxonomy ID
7995, 71179
NL CR AUT ID
ph126271
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/C270C537-3B88-4D43-87E1-4C7BDF0E3B99
National Library of Latvia ID
000348893
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
138422
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
f3b3f8d1-e3e7-464a-99e3-0a62abc12965
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
914064
Open Tree of Life ID
701516
Plazi ID
AB0787CD-0A42-FF9F-FDAB-FA3AE5C2256C, 497DDA6B-FF9B-F11C-43AB-B22749BAC508, 2A2F0C78-9308-DA11-FF3B-94ADFCCEFD1D, 039A0365-FFC1-FFFC-EAD5-FE06FD80FCCA, 03879C69-FFF9-FFD0-45DF-FAFEC147FAE5, 03E96305-0118-FFED-FCDE-F13DFB2E071F, 03E287E0-FFA7-B275-FCE3-822000DA8090, 5C75EDC7-6C68-14F6-FC57-06A083585AB2
SVKKL authority ID
0215890-sumci
Subreddit
catfishing
Topic's main category
Category:Siluriformes
WoRMS-ID for taxa
154157
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02520073-n
YSO ID
10210
Yale LUX ID
concept/d7fe6dcb-cc5b-4280-adaf-4805de4e75c5

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 38
Airbreathing catfish, Loricariidae, Bagridae, electric catfish, Ictaluridae, Ariidae, Plotosidae, Callichthyidae +30 more
Parent taxon 3
Actinopterygii, Ostariophysi, Actinopteri
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Gujin Tushu Jicheng
Code of nomenclature 1
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Instance of 1
taxon
Named after 1
whiskers
Named after 1
Tango-class submarine
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Subject has role 1
fish
Taxon rank 1
order
Taxonomic type 1
Siluridae
Topic's main category 1
Category:Siluriformes
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Siluriformes stubs
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Siluriformes
← Harvested organism(s) 1
catfish farming
← Main food source 1
jaguar
← Nomenclatural type of 1
Siluridae
← SNARC ID 1
Henri Martin
← Template has topic 1
Template:Taxonomy/Siluriformes
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Summary

Siluriformes is a taxon[1].

Body

Discovery and Description

Things named for Siluriformes include Tango-class submarine[18], a submarine class[19].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Siluriformes include Tango-class submarine[18], a submarine class[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → catfishes
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: catfishes, Matched to catfishes (#289917930) in Harper's tag #mix"
  2. 19w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mississippi Encyclopedia ID → catfish
    "Created claim: Mississippi Encyclopedia ID: catfish, Matched to Catfish (#83597497) in Mississippi Encyclopedia"
  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0215890-sumci
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0215890-sumci, batch #259496"
  4. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Ostariophysi, Actinopterygii, Actinopteri
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → order
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 10210, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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