Callichthyidae
E231919
Callichthyidae is a family of armored freshwater catfish, commonly known as Corydoras and their relatives, native primarily to South America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Callichthyidae canonical | 12 |
| Callichthyinae | 4 |
| Corydoradinae | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2045444 — 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: Callichthyidae Context triple: [Siluriformes, contains, Callichthyidae]
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A.
Loricariidae
Loricariidae is a large family of armored freshwater catfish native primarily to South America, commonly known as plecos or suckermouth catfish.
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B.
Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae is a diverse family of small, often parasitic or scavenging catfishes native primarily to freshwater habitats in Central and South America.
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C.
Siluriformes
Siluriformes is the diverse order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as catfishes, characterized by barbels resembling whiskers and often bottom-dwelling habits in freshwater and some marine environments.
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D.
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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E.
Pimelodidae
Pimelodidae is a family of freshwater catfishes, commonly known as long-whiskered catfishes, native primarily to Central and South America.
- 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: Callichthyidae Target entity description: Callichthyidae is a family of armored freshwater catfish, commonly known as Corydoras and their relatives, native primarily to South America.
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A.
Loricariidae
Loricariidae is a large family of armored freshwater catfish native primarily to South America, commonly known as plecos or suckermouth catfish.
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B.
Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae is a diverse family of small, often parasitic or scavenging catfishes native primarily to freshwater habitats in Central and South America.
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C.
Siluriformes
Siluriformes is the diverse order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as catfishes, characterized by barbels resembling whiskers and often bottom-dwelling habits in freshwater and some marine environments.
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D.
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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E.
Pimelodidae
Pimelodidae is a family of freshwater catfishes, commonly known as long-whiskered catfishes, native primarily to Central and South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
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taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal or crepuscular ⓘ |
| bodyShape | small to medium-sized catfish ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
armored catfish
ⓘ
armored freshwater catfish ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Aspidoras
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Brochis ⓘ Callichthys ⓘ Corydoras ⓘ Dianema ⓘ Hoplosternum ⓘ Megalechis ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Amazon Basin
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Orinoco Basin ⓘ Paraná–Paraguay Basin ⓘ coastal drainages of northern South America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | benthic detritivore ⓘ |
| economicUse | ornamental fish trade ⓘ |
| finFeature | adipose fin present in many species ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
air-breathing capability in some species
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barbels around mouth ⓘ bony armor plates ⓘ bottom-dwelling ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Callichthyinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Callichthyidae
Corydoradinae ⓘ
linked to:
Corydoras
|
| includesPopularAquariumFish | Corydoras ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | type genus Callichthys ⓘ |
| nativeToContinent | South America ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respiration |
facultative air-breathing in some genera
ⓘ
primarily gill-breathing ⓘ |
| scientificStudyField | ichthyology ⓘ |
| skeletonFeature | ossified scutes along body ⓘ |
| substratePreference | soft-bottom substrates ⓘ |
| 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: Callichthyidae Description of subject: Callichthyidae is a family of armored freshwater catfish, commonly known as Corydoras and their relatives, native primarily to South America.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Callichthyidae
linked to: Callichthyidae
subject linked to:
Megalechis
subject linked to:
Megalechis
linked to: Callichthyidae
linked to: Callichthyidae