Anguilliformes

order of fishes
Taxon taxon Q128685
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Summary

Anguilliformes is a taxon[1]. Anguilliformes ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,758 views/month, #937 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Elopomorpha[4], Actinopterygii[5], Actinopteri[6], Teleostei[7]
  • Taxon name: Anguilliformes[8]
  • Commons category: Anguilliformes[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anguilliformes[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14], New International Encyclopedia[15]
  • This taxon is source of: eel as food[16]
  • Taxon common name: Eels and morays[17], Angerjalised[18], Anguilliformi[19], ウナギ目[20], Palingachtigen[21], Węgorzokształtne[22], Ålartade fiskar[23], ปลาไหล[24], 鳗鲡目[25], ålefisker[26], Aalartige[27], jegulje[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]

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Identifiers

Anguilliformes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47314[30]. Anguilliformes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7933[31]. Anguilliformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8280[32]. Anguilliformes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 495[33]. Anguilliformes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161123[34].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Anguilliformes include Delta I-class submarine[35], a submarine class[36]; Muraenosaurus[37], a fossil taxon[38]; and Almere[39], a lake[40], in Netherlands[41].

Why It Matters

Anguilliformes has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Anguilliformes is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for Anguilliformes include Delta I-class submarine[35], a submarine class[36]; Muraenosaurus[37], a fossil taxon[38]; and Almere[39], a lake[40], in Netherlands[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . 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] ↑ . medieval-plants.org. medieval-plants.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → eels
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: eels, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289928619|eels (#289928619)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 22w ago · 高晶 · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Elopomorpha, Actinopterygii, Actinopteri +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Parent taxon: Teleostei"
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