Exocoetidae

family of marine fishes
Taxon taxon Q183686
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Exocoetidae

Summary

Exocoetidae is a taxon[1]. Exocoetidae ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,415 views/month, #882 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Exocoetidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Exocoetidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Exocoetidae belongs to the parent taxon Beloniformes[5].
  • Exocoetidae is classified within Exocoetoidea[6].
  • Exocoetidae's scientific name is Exocoetidae[7].
  • Exocoetidae's Commons category is recorded as Exocoetidae[8].
  • Exocoetidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Exocoetidae[9].
  • Exocoetidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • Exocoetidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Exocoetidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Exocoetidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'flygefiskfamilien'}[13].
  • Exocoetidae's different from is recorded as Volans[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Exocoetidae is Exocoetidae[7]. Exocoetidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Beloniformes[5] and Exocoetoidea[6]. Exocoetidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'flygefiskfamilien'}[13].

Identifiers

Exocoetidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85777[15]. Exocoetidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 76072[16]. Exocoetidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8245[17]. Exocoetidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2968[18]. Exocoetidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 165431[19].

Why It Matters

Exocoetidae ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,415 views/month, #882 of 195,241).[2] Exocoetidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Exocoetidae is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d 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 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007562822605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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