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Plotosidae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q642626
Plotosidae
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Plotosidae

Summary

Plotosidae is a taxon[1]. Plotosidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month, #1,605 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Plotosidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Plotosidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Plotosidae is classified within Siluriformes[5].
  • Plotosidae is classified within Siluroidei[6].
  • Plotosidae's scientific name is Plotosidae[7].
  • Plotosidae's Commons category is recorded as Plotosidae[8].
  • Plotosidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plotosidae[9].

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Classification

Plotosidae's scientific name is Plotosidae[7]. Plotosidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Siluriformes[5] and Siluroidei[6].

Identifiers

Plotosidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49213[10]. Plotosidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30997[11]. Plotosidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5090[12]. Plotosidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5164[13]. Plotosidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 164223[14].

Why It Matters

Plotosidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month, #1,605 of 195,241).[2] Plotosidae has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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.

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  1. 8d ago · ZorglubAB · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalogue of life id → 627GK
    Topic's main category → Category:Plotosidae
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    Instance of → taxon
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