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Scombridae

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q215185
Scombridae
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Summary

Scombridae is a taxon[1]. Scombridae ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,486 views/month, #1,455 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Scombroidei[4], Scombriformes[5]
  • Taxon name: Scombridae[6]
  • Commons category: Scombridae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scombridae[8], Q14997239[9]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • This taxon is source of: Scombridae fish oil[13]
  • Taxon common name: サバ科[14], makrellfamilien[15], skuše in tuni[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

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Identifiers

Scombridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47266[18]. Scombridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8224[19]. Scombridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5210[20]. Scombridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8596[21]. Scombridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172398[22].

Why It Matters

Scombridae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Scombridae is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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] ↑ . Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . aquadb.fra.affrc.go.jp. Retrieved . aquadb.fra.affrc.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    This taxon is source of → Scombridae fish oil
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → family
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 16901, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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