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Tarpon

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q1759766
Tarpon
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Tarpon

Summary

Tarpon is a taxon[1]. Tarpon ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,315 views/month, #1,163 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tarpon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tarpon is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Tarpon is classified within Megalopidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Tarpon is Megalops[6].
  • Tarpon's Commons category is recorded as Megalops[7].
  • Tarpon began on -113100000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Tarpon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Megalops[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Tarpon is Megalops[6]. Tarpon is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Tarpon belongs to the parent taxon Megalopidae[5].

Identifiers

Tarpon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51415[10]. Tarpon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7931[11]. Tarpon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46561199[12]. Tarpon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2346650[13]. Tarpon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161115[14].

Why It Matters

Tarpon ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,315 views/month, #1,163 of 195,241).[2] Tarpon has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Tarpon is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Start time → -113100000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → taxon
    Start time → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560945105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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