Lophiiformes

order of fish belonging to the bony fishes (Osteichthyes)
Taxon taxon Q206948
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Lophiiformes

Summary

Lophiiformes is a taxon[1]. Lophiiformes ranks in the top 0.011% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,112 views/month, #21 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lophiiformes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lophiiformes is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • Lophiiformes is classified within Actinopterygii[5].
  • Lophiiformes is classified within Eupercaria[6].
  • Lophiiformes belongs to the parent taxon Actinopteri[7].
  • Lophiiformes is classified within Percomorpha[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lophiiformes is Lophiiformes[9].
  • Lophiiformes's Commons category is recorded as Lophioidei[10].
  • Lophiiformes began on -130000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Lophiiformes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lophiiformes[12].
  • Lophiiformes's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[13].
  • Lophiiformes's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Lophiiformes's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15].
  • Lophiiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '𩽾𩾌目'}[16].
  • Lophiiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'חכאים'}[17].
  • Lophiiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'アンコウ目'}[18].
  • Lophiiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '아귀목'}[19].
  • Lophiiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'أبو الشص'}[20].
  • Lophiiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'marulker'}[21].
  • Lophiiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'trnkarice'}[22].
  • Lophiiformes's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lophiiformes is Lophiiformes[9]. Lophiiformes is classified at the rank of order[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Actinopterygii[5], Eupercaria[6], Actinopteri[7], and Percomorpha[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '𩽾𩾌目'}[16], {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'חכאים'}[17], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'アンコウ目'}[18], {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '아귀목'}[19], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'أبو الشص'}[20], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'marulker'}[21].

Identifiers

Lophiiformes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61542[24]. Lophiiformes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8070[25]. Lophiiformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5448[26]. Lophiiformes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1305[27]. Lophiiformes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 164495[28].

Why It Matters

Lophiiformes ranks in the top 0.011% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,112 views/month, #21 of 195,241).[2] Lophiiformes has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Lophiiformes is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [28] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [26] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [27] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . virtualni-katalog.si. Retrieved . virtualni-katalog.si. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Actinopterygii, Eupercaria, Actinopteri +1
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    Code of nomenclature International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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