stickleback

family of fish (Gasterosteidae)
Taxon taxon Q215420
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stickleback

Summary

stickleback is a taxon[1]. stickleback ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month, #1,448 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • stickleback's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • stickleback is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • stickleback belongs to the parent taxon Gasterosteiformes[5].
  • stickleback is classified within Gasterosteoidei[6].
  • stickleback is classified within Gasterosteales[7].
  • stickleback's scientific name is Gasterosteidae[8].
  • stickleback's Commons category is recorded as Gasterosteidae[9].
  • stickleback's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gasterosteidae[10].
  • stickleback's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • stickleback's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12].
  • stickleback's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • stickleback's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • stickleback's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • stickleback is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'stingsildfamilien'}[16].
  • stickleback is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Stichlinge'}[17].
  • stickleback is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Колюшковые'}[18].

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Classification

stickleback's scientific name is Gasterosteidae[8]. stickleback is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Gasterosteiformes[5], Gasterosteoidei[6], and Gasterosteales[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'stingsildfamilien'}[16], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Stichlinge'}[17], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Колюшковые'}[18].

Identifiers

stickleback's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48405[19]. stickleback's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 69291[20]. stickleback's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5494[21]. stickleback's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7666[22]. stickleback's ITIS TSN is recorded as 166363[23].

Why It Matters

stickleback ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month, #1,448 of 195,241).[2] stickleback has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] stickleback is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] . 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.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . spektrum.de. Retrieved . spektrum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . biotopfish.com. Retrieved . biotopfish.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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