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Scatophagidae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q585021
Scatophagidae
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Summary

Scatophagidae is a taxon[1]. Scatophagidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Acanthuroidei[4], Eupercaria[5], Acanthuriformes[6]
  • Taxon name: Scatophagidae[7]
  • Commons category: Scatophagidae[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scatophagidae[9]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10]
  • Taxon common name: argusfiskfamilien[11]

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Identifiers

Scatophagidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 86057[12]. Scatophagidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30869[13]. Scatophagidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5213[14]. Scatophagidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4505[15]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 170319[16], 181213[17], and 148343[18].

Why It Matters

Scatophagidae has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Scatophagidae is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 170319, 181213, 148343
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  2. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 170319, 181213, 148343
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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