Nile perch
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The Nile perch is a large predatory freshwater fish native to African river and lake systems, known for its significant ecological impact and importance to commercial and sport fisheries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nile perch canonical | 4 |
| Lates niloticus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2394409 — 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: Nile perch Context triple: [Lake Nasser, fishSpecies, Nile perch]
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A.
Nile tilapia
Nile tilapia is a widely farmed freshwater fish species native to African river systems, known for its fast growth, adaptability, and importance in global aquaculture and local fisheries.
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B.
Sus ahoenobarbus
Sus ahoenobarbus is a wild pig species endemic to the Philippines, known for its distinctive facial markings and limited island distribution.
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C.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is a surname most prominently associated with Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party.
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D.
Oreochromis
Oreochromis is a genus of African cichlid fishes that includes several important tilapia species widely farmed for food in freshwater aquaculture.
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E.
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum, commonly known as the silver arowana, is a large South American freshwater fish prized in aquariums for its metallic sheen, elongated body, and surface-feeding, jumping behavior.
- 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: Nile perch Target entity description: The Nile perch is a large predatory freshwater fish native to African river and lake systems, known for its significant ecological impact and importance to commercial and sport fisheries.
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A.
Nile tilapia
Nile tilapia is a widely farmed freshwater fish species native to African river systems, known for its fast growth, adaptability, and importance in global aquaculture and local fisheries.
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B.
Sus ahoenobarbus
Sus ahoenobarbus is a wild pig species endemic to the Philippines, known for its distinctive facial markings and limited island distribution.
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C.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is a surname most prominently associated with Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party.
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D.
Oreochromis
Oreochromis is a genus of African cichlid fishes that includes several important tilapia species widely farmed for food in freshwater aquaculture.
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E.
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum, commonly known as the silver arowana, is a large South American freshwater fish prized in aquariums for its metallic sheen, elongated body, and surface-feeding, jumping behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish
ⓘ
freshwater fish ⓘ ray-finned fish ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Nile perch
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lates niloticus
|
| bodyColor | silvery ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| describedBy | Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1809 ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ insects ⓘ |
| ecologicalImpact |
decline of endemic cichlids in Lake Victoria
ⓘ
predation on native fish species ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
commercial fishery
ⓘ
sport fishery ⓘ subsistence fishery ⓘ |
| family | Latidae ⓘ |
| finType | spiny dorsal fin ⓘ |
| fishingMethod |
gillnets
ⓘ
longlines ⓘ trawls ⓘ |
| genus | Lates ⓘ |
| habitat |
large lakes
ⓘ
large rivers ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
African snook
ⓘ
Nile perch self-link ⓘ Victoria perch ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Lake Kyoga
ⓘ
Lake Nabugabo ⓘ Lake Nasser ⓘ Lake Victoria ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 2 meters ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 200 kilograms ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Congo River ⓘ
surface form:
Congo River basin
Lake Albert ⓘ Lake Chad basin ⓘ Lake Turkana ⓘ Nile Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Nile River basin
|
| order | Perciformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| product |
fillets
ⓘ
fish meal ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | tropical ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | apex predator ⓘ |
| usedFor | human consumption ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Nile perch Description of subject: The Nile perch is a large predatory freshwater fish native to African river and lake systems, known for its significant ecological impact and importance to commercial and sport fisheries.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lates niloticus