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Gafftopsail catfish

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q2087247
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Summary

Gafftopsail catfish is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,111 views/month, #1,476 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Bagre[5]
  • Taxon name: Bagre marinus[6]
  • Commons category: Bagre marinus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bagre marinus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Bagre marinus[9]
  • Short name: B. marinus[10]
  • Taxon common name: Gafftopsail Sea Catfish[11]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[12], Bragança[13]

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Identifiers

Gafftopsail catfish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 179508[14]. Gafftopsail catfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 243926[15]. Gafftopsail catfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5202981[16]. Gafftopsail catfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 164159[17].

Why It Matters

Gafftopsail catfish has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Brazil

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon range → Brazil, Bragança
    Instance of → taxon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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