sturgeon

family of fishes
Taxon taxon Q181871
sturgeon
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sturgeon

Summary

sturgeon is a taxon[1]. sturgeon ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,854 views/month, #318 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • sturgeon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • sturgeon's instance of is recorded as seafood[4].
  • sturgeon is classified at the rank of family[5].
  • sturgeon belongs to the parent taxon Acipenseroidei[6].
  • sturgeon's scientific name is Acipenseridae[7].
  • sturgeon is part of aquaponics[8].
  • sturgeon's Commons category is recorded as Acipenseridae[9].
  • sturgeon began on -70600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • sturgeon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sturgeons[11].
  • sturgeon's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12].
  • sturgeon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13].
  • sturgeon's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • sturgeon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • sturgeon's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16].
  • sturgeon's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[17].
  • sturgeon's this taxon is source of is recorded as Q4110865[18].
  • sturgeon's this taxon is source of is recorded as Q4141792[19].
  • sturgeon is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'størfamilien'}[20].
  • sturgeon is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'jesetri'}[21].
  • sturgeon's MCN code is recorded as 0301.99.12[22].
  • sturgeon's MCN code is recorded as 0301.99.92[23].
  • sturgeon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

Body

Classification

sturgeon's scientific name is Acipenseridae[7]. sturgeon is classified at the rank of family[5]. sturgeon belongs to the parent taxon Acipenseroidei[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'størfamilien'}[20] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'jesetri'}[21].

Identifiers

sturgeon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49825[25]. sturgeon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7900[26]. sturgeon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8302[27]. sturgeon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2947[28]. sturgeon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161064[29].

Discovery and Description

Things named for sturgeon include USS Sturgeon[30], a nuclear-powered attack submarine[31].

Why It Matters

sturgeon ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,854 views/month, #318 of 195,241).[2] sturgeon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] sturgeon is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for sturgeon include USS Sturgeon[30], a nuclear-powered attack submarine[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . BioLib. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [28] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of taxon, seafood
    Start time
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category Category:Sturgeons
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25370, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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