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Acanthurus

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q648200
Acanthurus
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Acanthurus

Summary

Acanthurus is a taxon[1]. Acanthurus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (153 views/month, #1,581 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Acanthurus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Acanthurus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Acanthurus belongs to the parent taxon Acanthuridae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Acanthurus is Acanthurus[6].
  • Acanthurus's Commons category is recorded as Acanthurus[7].
  • Acanthurus began on -55000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Acanthurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acanthuroid fish[9].

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Classification

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

Identifiers

Acanthurus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55382[10]. Acanthurus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 12912[11]. Acanthurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2379647[12]. Acanthurus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172251[13].

Why It Matters

Acanthurus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (153 views/month, #1,581 of 195,241).[2] Acanthurus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Acanthurus is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -55000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon → Acanthuridae
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563916505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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