midshipman fish

genus of fishes

Taxon taxon Q1909490

Facts

5 properties

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Batrachoididae^[3]
Start time: -11600000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[5]
Taxon name: Porichthys^[4]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en midshipman fish en Porichthys fa ناوبان‌ماهی zh 光蟾魚屬 zh 光蟾鱼属

🔖 Identifiers · 16

Australian Faunal Directory ID: Porichthys
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 2907
Catalogue of Life ID: 63Q9C
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/midshipman
Fossilworks taxon ID: 35690
Freebase ID: /m/07m4sz
GBIF taxon ID: 2350811
INaturalist taxon ID: 60022
IRMNG ID: 1374400
ITIS TSN: 164413
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778693960
NCBI taxonomy ID: 45383

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Open Tree of Life ID: 720417
Topic's main category: Category:Porichthys
WoRMS-ID for taxa: 158783
Yale LUX ID: concept/d79fa247-9df2-40d9-89e7-8bd186a1c27f

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🔗 Connections

← Parent taxon 14

Porichthys notatus, Porichthys plectrodon, Porichthys porosissimus, Porichthys greenei, Porichthys myriaster, Porichthys analis, Porichthys bathoiketes, Porichthys ephippiatus +6 more

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Batrachoididae

Taxon rank 1

genus

Topic's main category 1

Category:Porichthys

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Category:Porichthys

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Summary

midshipman fish is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ midshipman fish — taxon rank (P105): genus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ midshipman fish — parent taxon (P171): Batrachoididae. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ midshipman fish — taxon name (P225): Porichthys. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ midshipman fish — start time (P580): 11600000 BC. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ midshipman fish is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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