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Percophidae

family of fishes
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q1651138
Percophidae
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Percophidae

Summary

Percophidae is a monotypic taxon[1]. Percophidae ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Percophidae's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Percophidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Percophidae is classified within Trachinoidei[5].
  • Percophidae's scientific name is Percophidae[6].
  • Percophidae's Commons category is recorded as Percophidae[7].
  • Percophidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Percophidae[8].
  • Percophidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Percophidae is Percophidae[6]. Percophidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Percophidae is classified within Trachinoidei[5].

Identifiers

Percophidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85977[10]. Percophidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 270605[11]. Percophidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5268[12]. Percophidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8575[13]. Percophidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 170995[14].

Why It Matters

Percophidae ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2] Percophidae has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Percophidae is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . FishBase. Retrieved . 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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Trachinoidei
    Instance of → monotypic taxon
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → family
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536096205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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