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short-finned eel

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short-finned eel

Summary

short-finned eel is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • short-finned eel's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • short-finned eel is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • short-finned eel's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[5].
  • short-finned eel is classified within Anguilla[6].
  • short-finned eel's scientific name is Anguilla australis[7].
  • short-finned eel's Commons category is recorded as Anguilla australis[8].
  • short-finned eel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Anguilla australis[9].
  • short-finned eel's Commons gallery is recorded as Anguilla australis[10].
  • short-finned eel's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. australis'}[11].
  • short-finned eel is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '澳洲鰻鱺'}[12].
  • short-finned eel is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黑鰻'}[13].
  • short-finned eel's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[14].
  • short-finned eel's NZTCS conservation status is recorded as not threatened[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, short-finned eel is Anguilla australis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Anguilla[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '澳洲鰻鱺'}[12] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黑鰻'}[13].

Identifiers

short-finned eel's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 125920[16]. short-finned eel's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7940[17]. short-finned eel's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 221873[18]. short-finned eel's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5712356[19]. short-finned eel's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161133[20].

Why It Matters

short-finned eel ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nztcs conservation status → not threatened
    Parent taxon → Anguilla
    Topic's main category → Category:Anguilla australis
    Iucn conservation status → Near Threatened
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007566578305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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