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Lophius

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Lophius

Summary

Lophius is a taxon[1]. Lophius ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,042 views/month, #887 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lophius's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lophius is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Lophius is classified within Lophiidae[5].
  • Lophius's scientific name is Lophius[6].
  • Lophius's Commons category is recorded as Lophius[7].
  • Lophius began on -48600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Lophius's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lophius[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lophius is Lophius[6]. Lophius is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lophius belongs to the parent taxon Lophiidae[5].

Identifiers

Lophius's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 89607[10]. Lophius's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8072[11]. Lophius's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46566104[12]. Lophius's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2350830[13]. Lophius's ITIS TSN is recorded as 164498[14].

Why It Matters

Lophius ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,042 views/month, #887 of 195,241).[2] Lophius has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Lophius is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -48600000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon → Lophiidae
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536156405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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