Cobitidae
E229908
Cobitidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes commonly known as loaches, found primarily in Eurasia and known for their elongated bodies and barbels around the mouth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cobitidae canonical | 16 |
| Cobitidae Swainson, 1839 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2038583 — 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: Cobitidae Context triple: [Cypriniformes, includes, Cobitidae]
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A.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Oceanitidae
Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaeniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes scorpionfishes, lionfishes, rockfishes, and related often venomous, bottom-dwelling marine species.
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D.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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E.
Balistidae
Balistidae is a family of marine triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies, strong jaws, and often striking coloration, found primarily in tropical and subtropical oceans.
- 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: Cobitidae Target entity description: Cobitidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes commonly known as loaches, found primarily in Eurasia and known for their elongated bodies and barbels around the mouth.
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A.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Oceanitidae
Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaeniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes scorpionfishes, lionfishes, rockfishes, and related often venomous, bottom-dwelling marine species.
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D.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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E.
Balistidae
Balistidae is a family of marine triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies, strong jaws, and often striking coloration, found primarily in tropical and subtropical oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | often nocturnal ⓘ |
| behavior | bottom-dwelling ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
loaches
ⓘ
true loaches ⓘ |
| describedAs | small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes ⓘ |
| diet |
detritus
ⓘ
small invertebrates ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | benthic ⓘ |
| feedingType | benthic invertebrate feeder ⓘ |
| fertilization | external fertilization ⓘ |
| finType | soft-rayed fins ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Asia
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature | barbels around the mouth ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeGenus |
Cobitis
ⓘ
Lepidocephalichthys ⓘ Misgurnus ⓘ Pangio ⓘ Sabanejewia ⓘ |
| hasScales | small scales or reduced scales in some species ⓘ |
| hasSkeletonType | bony skeleton ⓘ |
| includesCommonSpecies |
Cobitis taenia
ⓘ
linked to:
Cobitis
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus ⓘ Pangio kuhlii ⓘ
linked to:
Pangio
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | undulatory swimming near substrate ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Botiidae
ⓘ
Cyprinidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respirationAdaptation | intestinal air breathing in some species ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem | benthic community component ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Swainson, 1839 ⓘ |
| sensitivity | sensitive to water quality changes ⓘ |
| sizeRange | small-sized fishes ⓘ |
| superfamily | Cobitoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalSubstrateAssociation | soft-bottom substrates ⓘ |
| usedIn | aquarium trade ⓘ |
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: Cobitidae Description of subject: Cobitidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes commonly known as loaches, found primarily in Eurasia and known for their elongated bodies and barbels around the mouth.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cobitidae