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Scarus

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Scarus

Summary

Scarus is a taxon[1]. Scarus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scarus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Scarus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Scarus belongs to the parent taxon Scarinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Scarus is Scarus[6].
  • Scarus's Commons category is recorded as Scarus[7].
  • Scarus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scarus[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Scarus is Scarus[6]. Scarus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Scarus is classified within Scarinae[5].

Identifiers

Scarus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49693[9]. Scarus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 59660[10]. Scarus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2371535[11]. Scarus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 170810[12].

Why It Matters

Scarus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2] Scarus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

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

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Scarus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560598005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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