triggerfish

family Balistidae, about 40 species of often brightly colored fishes
Taxon taxon Q504796
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triggerfish

Summary

triggerfish is a taxon[1]. triggerfish ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,809 views/month, #1,056 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • triggerfish's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • triggerfish is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • triggerfish is classified within Tetraodontiformes[5].
  • triggerfish belongs to the parent taxon Balistoidei[6].
  • triggerfish's scientific name is Balistidae[7].
  • triggerfish's Commons category is recorded as Balistidae[8].
  • triggerfish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balistidae[9].
  • triggerfish's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10].
  • triggerfish's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • triggerfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'avtrekkerfiskfamilien'}[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, triggerfish is Balistidae[7]. triggerfish is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Tetraodontiformes[5] and Balistoidei[6]. triggerfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'avtrekkerfiskfamilien'}[12].

Identifiers

triggerfish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49612[13]. triggerfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 31024[14]. triggerfish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5061[15]. triggerfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5899[16]. triggerfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173128[17].

Why It Matters

triggerfish ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,809 views/month, #1,056 of 195,241).[2] triggerfish has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] triggerfish is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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