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Mugilidae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q42237
Mugilidae
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Summary

Mugilidae is a taxon[1]. Mugilidae ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,384 views/month, #1,057 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Mugiliformes[4], Mugiloidei[5]
  • Taxon name: Mugilidae[6]
  • Commons category: Mugilidae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mugilidae[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], New International Encyclopedia[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[11]
  • Taxon common name: multefamilien[12]
  • MCN code: 0302.89.36[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

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Identifiers

Mugilidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54661[15]. Mugilidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8189[16]. Mugilidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5287[17]. Mugilidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8473[18]. Mugilidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 170333[19].

Why It Matters

Mugilidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Mugilidae is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
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    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538424805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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