Characidae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q625352
Characidae
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Characidae

Summary

Characidae is a taxon[1]. Characidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Characidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Characidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Characidae belongs to the parent taxon Characoidei[5].
  • Characidae belongs to the parent taxon Characiformes[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Characidae is Characidae[7].
  • Characidae's Commons category is recorded as Characidae[8].
  • Characidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Characidae[9].
  • Characidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10].
  • Characidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'karpelaksfamilien'}[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Characidae is Characidae[7]. Characidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Characoidei[5] and Characiformes[6]. Characidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'karpelaksfamilien'}[11].

Identifiers

Characidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47387[12]. Characidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7992[13]. Characidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8224[14]. Characidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7201[15]. Characidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 162848[16].

Why It Matters

Characidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2] Characidae has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Characidae is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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