Cyprinidae
E229907
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyprinidae canonical | 7 |
| Cyprinidae sensu lato | 1 |
| Cyprininae | 1 |
| cyprinids | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2038582 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyprinidae Context triple: [Cypriniformes, includes, Cyprinidae]
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A.
Cypriniformes
Cypriniformes is a large order of ray-finned freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, loaches, and related species found worldwide.
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B.
Cichlidae
Cichlidae is a large and diverse family of freshwater fish known for their complex behaviors, vibrant coloration, and importance in both aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
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C.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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D.
Cyprinodontiformes
Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes killifishes, livebearers, and related small freshwater and brackish species found worldwide.
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E.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyprinidae Target entity description: Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
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A.
Cypriniformes
Cypriniformes is a large order of ray-finned freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, loaches, and related species found worldwide.
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B.
Cichlidae
Cichlidae is a large and diverse family of freshwater fish known for their complex behaviors, vibrant coloration, and importance in both aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
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C.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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D.
Cyprinodontiformes
Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes killifishes, livebearers, and related small freshwater and brackish species found worldwide.
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E.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| characteristic |
cycloid scales
ⓘ
lack of true stomach ⓘ pharyngeal teeth instead of oral teeth ⓘ single dorsal fin ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | carp and minnow family ⓘ |
| containsSubfamily |
Acheilognathidae
ⓘ
surface form:
Acheilognathinae
Cyprinidae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cyprininae
Danionidae ⓘ
surface form:
Danioninae
Gobionidae ⓘ
surface form:
Gobioninae
Leuciscidae ⓘ
surface form:
Leuciscinae
|
| diet |
herbivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey for larger fishes and birds
ⓘ
primary consumers in freshwater ecosystems ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
aquaculture
ⓘ
aquarium trade ⓘ food fish ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| includesCommonGroups |
barbs
ⓘ
carps ⓘ chubs ⓘ dace ⓘ goldfishes ⓘ minnows ⓘ roaches ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Barbus barbus
ⓘ
Goldfish ⓘ
surface form:
Carassius auratus
Cyprinus carpio ⓘ Danio rerio ⓘ Rutilus rutilus ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | external fertilization ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cyprinidae Description of subject: Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
cyprinids
this entity surface form:
Cyprininae
this entity surface form:
Cyprinidae sensu lato