cobia

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q833940
cobia
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Summary

cobia is a taxon[1]. cobia ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,023 views/month, #1,400 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Rachycentron[5]
  • Taxon name: Rachycentron canadum[6]
  • Commons category: Rachycentron canadum[7]
  • Taxon synonym: Apolectus niger[8], Scomber niger[9]
  • Taxon common name: Cobia[10], Bacalao[11], Bonito[12], Bonito Negro[13], Cabio[14], Cobie[15], Pejepalo[16], Peje Palo[17], Mafou[18], Black King[19], Black Kingfish[20], Black King Fish[21], Black Salmon[22], Butterfish[23]
  • MCN code: 0303.56.00[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[26], Salinópolis[27]

Body

Identifiers

cobia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 131491[28]. cobia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 141264[29]. cobia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2391729[30]. cobia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 168566[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for cobia include USS Ling[32], a preserved watercraft[33], in United States[34] and USS Cobia[35], an attack submarine[36], in United States[37].

Why It Matters

cobia has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] cobia is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for cobia include USS Ling[32], a preserved watercraft[33], in United States[34] and USS Cobia[35], an attack submarine[36], in United States[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. 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. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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