Squatina

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q756731
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Squatina

Summary

Squatina is a taxon[1]. Squatina ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (411 views/month, #1,422 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Squatina's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Squatina is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Squatina belongs to the parent taxon Squatinidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Squatina is Squatina[6].
  • Squatina's Commons category is recorded as Squatina[7].
  • Squatina's temporal range start is recorded as Late Jurassic[8].
  • Squatina began on -163500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Squatina's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Squatina[10].
  • Squatina's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Squatiniformes[11].
  • Squatina's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Squatina's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].

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Classification

Squatina's scientific name is Squatina[6]. Squatina is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Squatina belongs to the parent taxon Squatinidae[5].

Identifiers

Squatina's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 92191[14]. Squatina's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55141[15]. Squatina's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46560320[16]. Squatina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9069902[17]. Squatina's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160784[18].

Why It Matters

Squatina ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (411 views/month, #1,422 of 195,241).[2] Squatina has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Squatina is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 10h ago · ZorglubAB · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalogue of life id → KVTLP
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'co', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P10585]]: KVTLP"
  2. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i43164
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01497981-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -163500000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon → Squatinidae
    Instance of → taxon
    Temporal range start → Late Jurassic
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529420805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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