alligator gar

Ray-finned euryhaline fish related to the bowfin in the infraclass Holostei
Taxon taxon Q522735
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alligator gar

Summary

alligator gar is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,150 views/month, #726 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • alligator gar's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • alligator gar is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • alligator gar's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • alligator gar is classified within Atractosteus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, alligator gar is Atractosteus spatula[7].
  • alligator gar's Commons category is recorded as Atractosteus spatula[8].
  • alligator gar began on -3600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • alligator gar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atractosteus spatula[10].
  • alligator gar's Commons gallery is recorded as Atractosteus spatula[11].
  • alligator gar's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. spatula'}[12].
  • alligator gar's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[13].

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Classification

alligator gar's scientific name is Atractosteus spatula[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Atractosteus[6].

Identifiers

alligator gar's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54542[14]. alligator gar's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7917[15]. alligator gar's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46582207[16]. alligator gar's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2346754[17]. alligator gar's ITIS TSN is recorded as 201897[18].

Why It Matters

alligator gar ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,150 views/month, #726 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . 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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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time -3600000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon Atractosteus
    Instance of taxon
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538191305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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