Handfish

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q1574997
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Handfish

Summary

Handfish is a taxon[1]. Handfish ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month, #1,578 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Handfish's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Handfish is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Handfish belongs to the parent taxon Antennarioidei[5].
  • Handfish belongs to the parent taxon Lophiiformes[6].
  • Handfish's scientific name is Brachionichthyidae[7].
  • Handfish's Commons category is recorded as Antennariidae[8].
  • Handfish began on -55000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Handfish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brachionichthyidae[10].
  • Handfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'handfishes'}[11].

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Classification

Handfish's scientific name is Brachionichthyidae[7]. Handfish is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Antennarioidei[5] and Lophiiformes[6]. Handfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'handfishes'}[11].

Identifiers

Handfish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85644[12]. Handfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 412621[13]. Handfish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5465[14]. Handfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3717[15]. Handfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 164515[16].

Why It Matters

Handfish ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month, #1,578 of 195,241).[2] Handfish has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Handfish is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time -55000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon Antennarioidei, Lophiiformes
    Instance of taxon
    Aliases
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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