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Gymnotidae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q900333
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Gymnotidae

Summary

Gymnotidae is a taxon[1]. Gymnotidae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gymnotidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Gymnotidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Gymnotidae is classified within Gymnotoidei[5].
  • Gymnotidae is classified within Gymnotiformes[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Gymnotidae is Gymnotidae[7].
  • Gymnotidae's Commons category is recorded as Gymnotidae[8].
  • Gymnotidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gymnotidae[9].

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Classification

Gymnotidae's scientific name is Gymnotidae[7]. Gymnotidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Gymnotoidei[5] and Gymnotiformes[6].

Identifiers

Gymnotidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85800[10]. Gymnotidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30771[11]. Gymnotidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5481[12]. Gymnotidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3712[13]. Gymnotidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 163308[14].

Why It Matters

Gymnotidae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2] Gymnotidae has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Gymnotidae is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Gymnotoidei, Gymnotiformes
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → family
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007545697805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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