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Hydrocynus

genus of fishes
Taxon Taxon Q345896

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Alestidae[2]
Taxon name
Hydrocynus[3]
Taxon rank
genus[1]
Taxon synonym
Hydrocyon[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hydrocynus en tigerfish ar رشال ar عضاض he דג טיגריס pt Peixe-tigre ru Hydrocynus ru Гидроцины th Hydrocynus th ปลาแอฟริกันไทเกอร์ th สกุลปลาไทเกอร์ zh 狗脂鯉屬 zh 狗脂鲤属
🔖 Identifiers · 20
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ADW taxon ID
Hydrocynus
BOLD Systems taxon ID
78260
Catalogue of Life ID
KVG55
Encyclopedia of Life ID
25088
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Hydrocynus
Fossilworks taxon ID
357769
Freebase ID
/m/02vrstt
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2352302
INaturalist taxon ID
82778
IRMNG ID
1291774
ITIS TSN
639165
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J9U entity ID
987007533743905171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777463264
NCBI taxonomy ID
61320
Open Tree of Life ID
1044599
Topic's main category
Category:Hydrocynus
UMLS CUI
C1022740
WoRMS-ID for taxa
269439
Yale LUX ID
concept/ea9bb996-8153-43de-9cfc-6cfbeb025db0

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 6
Hydrocynus goliath, Hydrocynus vittatus, Hydrocynus brevis, Hydrocynus tanzaniae, Hydrocynus forskahlii, Hydrocynus somonorum
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Alestidae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Hydrocynus
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Hydrocynus
← FactGrid item ID 1
Carrascosa
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  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · ZorglubAB · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalogue of Life ID → KVG55
    "Changed claim: Catalogue of Life ID: KVG55"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Topic's main category → Category:Hydrocynus
    Parent taxon → Alestidae
    Taxon synonym → Hydrocyon
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007533743905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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