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Photostomias

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q2154549
Photostomias
Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Photostomias is a taxon[1]. Photostomias ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Stomiidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Photostomias[5]
  • Commons category: Photostomias[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Photostomias[7]

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Identifiers

Photostomias's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 91022[8]. Photostomias's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 882870[9]. Photostomias's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46563667[10]. Photostomias's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2346944[11]. Photostomias's ITIS TSN is recorded as 162270[12].

Why It Matters

Photostomias has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Photostomias is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · TAKA647 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Photostomias
    Bismal taxon id → 0002812
    Instance of → taxon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bismal taxon id: 0002812"
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