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Hippoglossus

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Taxon taxon Q2697230
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Hippoglossus

Summary

Hippoglossus is a taxon[1]. Hippoglossus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hippoglossus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hippoglossus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hippoglossus is classified within Pleuronectinae[5].
  • Hippoglossus's scientific name is Hippoglossus[6].
  • Hippoglossus's Commons category is recorded as Hippoglossus[7].
  • Hippoglossus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hippoglossus[8].
  • Hippoglossus's MCN code is recorded as 0302.21.00[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Hippoglossus is Hippoglossus[6]. Hippoglossus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Hippoglossus is classified within Pleuronectinae[5].

Identifiers

Hippoglossus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53703[10]. Hippoglossus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8266[11]. Hippoglossus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2408796[12]. Hippoglossus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172931[13].

Why It Matters

Hippoglossus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2] Hippoglossus has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Hippoglossus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Pleuronectinae
    Topic's main category → Category:Hippoglossus
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560444505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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