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Torpedo

genus of fishes
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Torpedo

Summary

Torpedo is a taxon[1]. Torpedo ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month, #1,555 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Torpedo's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Torpedo is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Torpedo belongs to the parent taxon Torpedinidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Torpedo is Torpedo[6].
  • Torpedo's Commons category is recorded as Torpedo (fish)[7].
  • Torpedo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Torpedo (genus)[8].
  • Torpedo's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Torpedo's homonymous taxon is recorded as Torpedo[10].

Body

Classification

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

Identifiers

Torpedo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51327[11]. Torpedo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7786[12]. Torpedo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8169455[13]. Torpedo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160830[14].

Why It Matters

Torpedo ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month, #1,555 of 195,241).[2] Torpedo has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Torpedo is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Torpedinidae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Homonymous taxon → Torpedo
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532984605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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