hagfish
family of eel-shaped, slime producing-animal
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Summary
hagfish is a taxon[1]. hagfish ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,496 views/month, #642 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: family[3]
- Named after: hag[4]
- Parent taxon: Myxiniformes[5]
- Taxon name: Myxinidae[6]
- Commons category: Myxinidae[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Myxinidae[8]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], New International Encyclopedia[12]
- Taxon common name: slimålfamilien[13], mixín[14]
- Different from: Hogfish[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
- Homonymous taxon: Myxinidae[17]
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Identifiers
hagfish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49101[18]. hagfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7762[19]. hagfish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8908[20]. hagfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5870[21]. hagfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159753[22].
Why It Matters
hagfish has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] hagfish is known by 110 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]