Danionidae
E229912
Danionidae is a family of small freshwater ray-finned fishes, including popular aquarium species like danios and rasboras, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danionidae canonical | 1 |
| Danioninae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2038590 — 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: Danionidae Context triple: [Cypriniformes, includes, Danionidae]
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A.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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B.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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C.
Malaconotidae
Malaconotidae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as bushshrikes, found mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and noted for their strong bills and often striking plumage.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Danionidae Target entity description: Danionidae is a family of small freshwater ray-finned fishes, including popular aquarium species like danios and rasboras, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
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A.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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B.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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C.
Malaconotidae
Malaconotidae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as bushshrikes, found mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and noted for their strong bills and often striking plumage.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonUse | aquarium fish ⓘ |
| contains |
Barilius
ⓘ
Danio ⓘ
surface form:
Brachydanio
Chela ⓘ Danio ⓘ Devario ⓘ Esomus ⓘ Horadandia ⓘ Inlecypris ⓘ Laubuca ⓘ Microdevario ⓘ Opsarius ⓘ Paedocypris ⓘ Rasbora ⓘ Sawbwa ⓘ Sundadanio ⓘ Tanichthys ⓘ Rasbora ⓘ
surface form:
Trigonostigma
celestial pearl danio ⓘ chili rasbora ⓘ danio ⓘ giant danio ⓘ harlequin rasbora ⓘ microrasbora ⓘ pearl danio ⓘ rasbora ⓘ Danio rerio ⓘ
surface form:
zebra danio
|
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
East Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| includes | small-sized fishes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Danio ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| superfamily |
Cyprinoidei
ⓘ
surface form:
Cyprinoidea
|
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeOf | freshwater fish family ⓘ |
| typicalBodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| typicalSize | small ⓘ |
| waterType | tropical freshwater ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Danionidae Description of subject: Danionidae is a family of small freshwater ray-finned fishes, including popular aquarium species like danios and rasboras, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Danioninae