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Oryzias

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Taxon taxon Q2371293
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Oryzias

Summary

Oryzias is a taxon[1]. Oryzias ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month, #1,604 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oryzias's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Oryzias is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Oryzias belongs to the parent taxon Adrianichthyidae[5].
  • Oryzias is classified within Oryziinae[6].
  • Oryzias's scientific name is Oryzias[7].
  • Oryzias's Commons category is recorded as Oryzias[8].
  • Oryzias's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oryzias[9].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Reiskärpflinge'}[10].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[11].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[12].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[13].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[14].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[15].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'メダカ'}[16].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[17].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[18].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'สกุลออรีเซียส'}[19].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Оризии'}[20].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[21].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Медака'}[22].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'Chi Cá sóc'}[23].
  • Oryzias is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '青鱂屬'}[24].

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Classification

Oryzias's scientific name is Oryzias[7]. Oryzias is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Adrianichthyidae[5] and Oryziinae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Reiskärpflinge'}[10], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[11], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[12], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[13], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[14], and {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Oryzias'}[15].

Identifiers

Oryzias's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 90534[25]. Oryzias's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8089[26]. Oryzias's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2347774[27]. Oryzias's ITIS TSN is recorded as 165616[28].

Why It Matters

Oryzias ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month, #1,604 of 195,241).[2] Oryzias has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Oryzias is known by 6 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Adrianichthyidae, Oryziinae
    Topic's main category → Category:Oryzias
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553348805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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