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Exocoetidae

family of marine fishes
Taxon taxon Q183686
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Summary

Exocoetidae is a taxon[1]. Exocoetidae ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,013 views/month, #882 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Beloniformes[4], Exocoetoidea[5]
  • Taxon name: Exocoetidae[6]
  • Commons category: Exocoetidae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Exocoetidae[8]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Taxon common name: flygefiskfamilien[12]
  • Different from: Volans[13]

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Identifiers

Exocoetidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85777[14]. Exocoetidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 76072[15]. Exocoetidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8245[16]. Exocoetidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2968[17]. Exocoetidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 165431[18].

Why It Matters

Exocoetidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Exocoetidae is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293091
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Beloniformes, Exocoetoidea
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2648396
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007562822605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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