fish

vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills
Taxon taxon Q152
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fish

Summary

fish is a taxon[1]. fish ranks in the top 0.0005% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55,579 views/month, #1 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • fish's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • fish's instance of is recorded as paraphyletic group[4].
  • fish's instance of is recorded as grade[5].
  • fish's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[6].
  • fish is classified at the rank of class[7].
  • fish is classified within Gnathostomata[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, fish is Pisces[9].
  • fish is a type of aquatic animal[10].
  • fish is a type of marine life[11].
  • fish is used for fish as food[12].
  • fish is used for aquarium trade[13].
  • fish is used for bycatch[14].
  • fish is used for food[15].
  • fish is used for recreational fishing[16].
  • fish is used for ornament[17].
  • fish is used for research[18].
  • fish's Commons category is recorded as Fish[19].
  • fish's Unicode character is recorded as 🐟[20].
  • fish comprises lateral line system[21].
  • fish comprises inner ear[22].
  • fish comprises gill[23].
  • fish comprises fin[24].
  • fish comprises scale[25].
  • fish comprises skull[26].
  • fish comprises two-chambered heart[27].

Body

Classification

fish's scientific name is Pisces[9]. fish is classified at the rank of class[7]. fish belongs to the parent taxon Gnathostomata[8].

Discovery and Description

Things named for fish include pescetarianism[28], a diet[29]; Sakanaction[30], a musical group[31], founded in 2005[32]; Pisces[33], a constellation[34]; Rybinsk[35], an administrative divisions of Russia[36], in Russia[37], founded in 1071[38]; Ichthyosaurus[39], a fossil taxon[40]; Piscis Austrinus[41], a constellation[42]; fish[43], an Unix shell[44], founded in 2005[45]; and Kagoshima City Aquarium[46], a public aquarium[47], in Japan[48], founded in 1997[49].

Why It Matters

fish ranks in the top 0.0005% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55,579 views/month, #1 of 195,241).[2] fish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] fish is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for fish include pescetarianism[28], a diet[29]; Sakanaction[30], a musical group[31], founded in 2005[32]; Pisces[33], a constellation[34]; Rybinsk[35], an administrative divisions of Russia[36], in Russia[37], founded in 1071[38]; Ichthyosaurus[39], a fossil taxon[40]; and Piscis Austrinus[41], a constellation[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [49] ↑ . 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. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Fish, https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Fish"
  2. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 42.81
    Verbaalpina id → C4656
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C4656, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 8w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 75833
    Pronunciation audio → Jer-Paîsson.ogg, Ja-uo-fish.oga, Fish-ar.oga +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8854]]: 75833, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088784|Fische (#102088784)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]] #mi"
  4. 9w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Jer-Paîsson.ogg, Ja-uo-fish.oga, Fish-ar.oga +2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-মাছ.wav"
  5. 10w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → fish as food, roe, cod liver oil +5
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1672]]: [[Q2850350]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q17231497]] → [[Q2850350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q17231497_Q2850"
  6. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Fish
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Concepts/Fish, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  7. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Archaeoindris fontoynonti
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q292104, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  8. 11w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1h4cCm
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P459]]: [[Q1266546]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260984|batch #260984]]"
  9. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002889-ryby
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0002889-ryby, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  10. 19w ago · Trade · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → fish, fishes
    Topic has template → Template:Diversity of fish
    Carbon footprint → {'amount': '+1.1'}
    Taxon known by this common name → Sarcopterygii, Acanthodii, Placoderms +3
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: fishes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289925581|fishes (#289925581)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
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