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Characiformes

order of fishes
Taxon taxon Q217458
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Summary

Characiformes is a taxon[1]. Characiformes ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,220 views/month, #1,466 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Ostariophysi[4], Actinopterygii[5], Actinopteri[6], Characiphysae[7]
  • Taxon name: Characiformes[8]
  • Commons category: Characiformes[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Characiformes[10]
  • Taxon common name: karpelaksfisker[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

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Identifiers

Characiformes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47388[13]. Characiformes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7991[14]. Characiformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6896[15]. Characiformes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 537[16]. Characiformes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553129[17].

Why It Matters

Characiformes has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Characiformes is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0439692-trnobrisi
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Taxon rank → order
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007284932305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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