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Echeneidae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q239771
Echeneidae
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Echeneidae

Summary

Echeneidae is a taxon[1]. Echeneidae ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,507 views/month, #752 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Echeneidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Echeneidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Echeneidae belongs to the parent taxon Percoidea[5].
  • Echeneidae is classified within Percoidei[6].
  • Echeneidae is classified within Carangoidei[7].
  • Echeneidae's scientific name is Echeneidae[8].
  • Echeneidae's Commons category is recorded as Echeneidae[9].
  • Echeneidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Echeneidae[10].
  • Echeneidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • Echeneidae's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Echeneidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Echeneidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14].
  • Echeneidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sugefiskfamilien'}[15].
  • Echeneidae's different from is recorded as Remora[16].
  • Echeneidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Echeneidae is Echeneidae[8]. Echeneidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Percoidea[5], Percoidei[6], and Carangoidei[7]. Echeneidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sugefiskfamilien'}[15].

Identifiers

Echeneidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48842[18]. Echeneidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 173245[19]. Echeneidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5331[20]. Echeneidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8529[21]. Echeneidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 168567[22].

Why It Matters

Echeneidae ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,507 views/month, #752 of 195,241).[2] Echeneidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Echeneidae is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Remora
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531643705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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