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Yellowtail flounder

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q1499442
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Yellowtail flounder

Summary

Yellowtail flounder is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yellowtail flounder's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Yellowtail flounder is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Yellowtail flounder is classified within Limanda[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Yellowtail flounder is Limanda ferruginea[6].
  • Yellowtail flounder's Commons category is recorded as Limanda ferruginea[7].
  • Yellowtail flounder's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Limanda ferruginea[8].
  • Yellowtail flounder's Commons gallery is recorded as Limanda ferruginea[9].
  • Yellowtail flounder's original combination is recorded as Platessa ferruginea[10].

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Classification

Yellowtail flounder's scientific name is Limanda ferruginea[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Limanda[5].

Identifiers

Yellowtail flounder's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 56045[11]. Yellowtail flounder's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5213953[12]. Yellowtail flounder's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172909[13].

Why It Matters

Yellowtail flounder ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i49711
    Parent taxon → Limanda
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