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Geophagus

genus of cichlids that mainly live in South America
Taxon taxon Q1754747
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Geophagus

Summary

Geophagus is a taxon[1]. Geophagus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month, #1,605 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Geophagus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Geophagus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Geophagus is classified within Cichlidae[5].
  • Geophagus's scientific name is Geophagus[6].
  • Geophagus's Commons category is recorded as Geophagus[7].
  • Geophagus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Geophagus[8].
  • Geophagus's different from is recorded as geophagy[9].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Geophagus is Geophagus[6]. Geophagus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Geophagus belongs to the parent taxon Cichlidae[5].

Identifiers

Geophagus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 88478[10]. Geophagus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13073[11]. Geophagus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2372429[12]. Geophagus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 169914[13].

Why It Matters

Geophagus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month, #1,605 of 195,241).[2] Geophagus has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Cichlidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Geophagus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565325605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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