European flounder

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q214034
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Summary

European flounder is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,847 views/month, #1,495 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Fisch des Jahres (Deutschland)[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Platichthys[6]
  • Taxon name: Platichthys flesus[7]
  • Commons category: Platichthys flesus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Platichthys flesus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Platichthys flesus[10]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
  • Short name: P. flesus[14]
  • Taxon common name: Platija[15], Platija Europea[16], Platixa[17], Solla[18], Flet[19], Flet d'Europe[20], Baltic Flounder[21], Butt[22], European Flounder[23], Fluke[24], Mud Flounder[25], River Flounder[26], White Fluke[27], platýs bradavičnatý[28]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: regionally extinct[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]

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Identifiers

European flounder's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 109631[31]. European flounder's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8260[32]. European flounder's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2409330[33]. European flounder's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172894[34].

Why It Matters

European flounder has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did European flounder receive?

Honors received include Fisch des Jahres (Deutschland)[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . archiv.dafv.de. Retrieved . archiv.dafv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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