sockeye salmon

species of Pacific salmon
Taxon taxon Q44064
sockeye salmon
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sockeye salmon

Summary

sockeye salmon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,146 views/month, #978 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • sockeye salmon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • sockeye salmon's instance of is recorded as food product[4].
  • sockeye salmon is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • sockeye salmon's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • sockeye salmon belongs to the parent taxon Oncorhynchus[7].
  • sockeye salmon's scientific name is Oncorhynchus nerka[8].
  • sockeye salmon is a type of Pacific salmon[9].
  • sockeye salmon is a type of fish as food[10].
  • sockeye salmon's Commons category is recorded as Oncorhynchus nerka[11].
  • sockeye salmon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oncorhynchus nerka[12].
  • sockeye salmon's Commons gallery is recorded as Oncorhynchus nerka[13].
  • sockeye salmon's described at URL is recorded as http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=sockeyesalmon.main[14].
  • sockeye salmon's described at URL is recorded as https://spsseg.org/meet-the-7-species-of-pacific-salmon/[15].
  • sockeye salmon's has characteristic is recorded as semelparity[16].
  • sockeye salmon's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. nerka'}[17].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sockeye salmon'}[18].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sockeye Salmon'}[19].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'red salmon'}[20].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sockey Salmon'}[21].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'punalohi'}[22].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'rødlaks'}[23].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'salmón bermeyu'}[24].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'rdeči losos'}[25].
  • sockeye salmon is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紅鉤吻鮭'}[26].
  • sockeye salmon's different from is recorded as Nerka[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, sockeye salmon is Oncorhynchus nerka[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Oncorhynchus[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'red salmon'}[20], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sockey Salmon'}[21], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'punalohi'}[22], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'rødlaks'}[23], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'salmón bermeyu'}[24].

Identifiers

sockeye salmon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 69922[28]. sockeye salmon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8023[29]. sockeye salmon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46563140[30]. sockeye salmon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5204039[31]. sockeye salmon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161979[32].

Why It Matters

sockeye salmon ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,146 views/month, #978 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [18] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . E-Fauna BC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . E-Fauna BC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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