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bichir

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q271792
bichir
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Summary

bichir is a taxon[1]. bichir ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,159 views/month, #1,372 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Polypteriformes[4]
  • Taxon name: Polypteridae[5]
  • Commons category: Polypteridae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Polypteridae[7]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[8]
  • Taxon common name: bikirfamilien[9]

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Identifiers

bichir's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 86003[10]. bichir's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8289[11]. bichir's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5165[12]. bichir's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5087[13]. bichir's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161054[14].

Why It Matters

bichir has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] bichir is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . 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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