Chinook salmon

species of Pacific salmon
Taxon taxon Q833503
Chinook salmon
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Chinook salmon

Summary

Chinook salmon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,711 views/month, #931 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinook salmon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Chinook salmon's instance of is recorded as food product[4].
  • Chinook salmon is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Chinook salmon belongs to the parent taxon Oncorhynchus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Chinook salmon is Oncorhynchus tshawytscha[7].
  • Chinook salmon is a type of Pacific salmon[8].
  • Chinook salmon is a type of fish as food[9].
  • Chinook salmon is used for food[10].
  • Chinook salmon is used for fishery[11].
  • Chinook salmon is used for aquaculture[12].
  • Chinook salmon is used for game fish[13].
  • Chinook salmon is used for public aquarium[14].
  • Chinook salmon's Commons category is recorded as Oncorhynchus tshawytscha[15].
  • Chinook salmon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oncorhynchus tshawytscha[16].
  • Chinook salmon's described at URL is recorded as http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=chinook.main[17].
  • Chinook salmon's described at URL is recorded as https://spsseg.org/meet-the-7-species-of-pacific-salmon/[18].
  • Chinook salmon's main food source is recorded as terrestrial insects[19].
  • Chinook salmon's main food source is recorded as Crustacea[20].
  • Chinook salmon's main food source is recorded as fish[21].
  • Chinook salmon's main food source is recorded as invertebrate[22].
  • Chinook salmon's has characteristic is recorded as benthopelagic[23].
  • Chinook salmon's has characteristic is recorded as sacredness[24].
  • Chinook salmon's this taxon is source of is recorded as salmon as food[25].
  • Chinook salmon's this taxon is source of is recorded as smoked salmon[26].
  • Chinook salmon's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. tshawytscha'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Chinook salmon is Oncorhynchus tshawytscha[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Oncorhynchus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'kuningaslohi'}[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[29], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chinook'}[30], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'king salmon'}[31], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'tshawytscha'}[32], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'salmón real'}[33].

Identifiers

Chinook salmon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54191[34]. Chinook salmon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 74940[35]. Chinook salmon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46563139[36]. Chinook salmon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5204024[37]. Chinook salmon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161980[38].

Why It Matters

Chinook salmon ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,711 views/month, #931 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [35] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [38] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [36] . wikidata.org.
  17. [37] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . FishBase. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . FishBase. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . European Nature Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . FishBase. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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