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Balistes

genus of triggerfish
Taxon taxon Q35016
Balistes
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Balistes

Summary

Balistes is a taxon[1]. Balistes ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balistes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Balistes is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Balistes is classified within triggerfish[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Balistes is Balistes[6].
  • Balistes's Commons category is recorded as Balistes[7].
  • Balistes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balistes[8].
  • Balistes's Commons gallery is recorded as Balistes[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Balistes is Balistes[6]. Balistes is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Balistes is classified within triggerfish[5].

Identifiers

Balistes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49613[10]. Balistes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 94229[11]. Balistes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2333511[12]. Balistes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173137[13].

Why It Matters

Balistes ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2] Balistes has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . 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.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → triggerfish
    Instance of → taxon
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007282303605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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