Esomus
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Esomus is a genus of small Asian freshwater cyprinid fishes commonly known as flying barbs, noted for their elongated bodies and barbels.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Esomus danrica | 2 |
| Esomus canonical | 1 |
| Esomus altus | 1 |
| Esomus caudiocellatus | 1 |
| Esomus longimanus | 1 |
| Esomus metallicus | 1 |
| Esomus thermoicos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9531762 — 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: Esomus Context triple: [Danionidae, contains, Esomus]
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A.
Alosa
Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
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B.
Ichthyomyzon
Ichthyomyzon is a genus of lampreys, a group of jawless, eel-like parasitic or non-parasitic fishes found primarily in freshwater habitats of North America.
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C.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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D.
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis is a species of lamprey, a jawless, eel-like parasitic fish native to freshwater systems in North America.
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E.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
- 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: Esomus Target entity description: Esomus is a genus of small Asian freshwater cyprinid fishes commonly known as flying barbs, noted for their elongated bodies and barbels.
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A.
Alosa
Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
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B.
Ichthyomyzon
Ichthyomyzon is a genus of lampreys, a group of jawless, eel-like parasitic or non-parasitic fishes found primarily in freshwater habitats of North America.
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C.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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D.
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis is a species of lamprey, a jawless, eel-like parasitic fish native to freshwater systems in North America.
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E.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| aquariumTrade | yes ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily |
Danioninae
ⓘ
linked to:
Danionidae
|
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| characteristic |
elongated body
ⓘ
long barbels ⓘ surface-dwelling behavior ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | flying barbs ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1831 ⓘ |
| distribution | Asia ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insectivore
ⓘ
planktivore ⓘ |
| family | Cyprinidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
floodplains
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| genusAuthority | Gray, 1831 ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasFinType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
South Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Esomus altus
ⓘ
linked to:
Esomus
Esomus caudiocellatus ⓘ
linked to:
Esomus
Esomus danrica ⓘ
linked to:
Esomus
Esomus lineatus ⓘ Esomus longimanus ⓘ
linked to:
Esomus
Esomus metallicus ⓘ
linked to:
Esomus
Esomus thermoicos ⓘ
linked to:
Esomus
|
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cyprinidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-scattering ⓘ |
| sizeClass | small freshwater fish ⓘ |
| superfamily |
Cyprinoidea
ⓘ
linked to:
Cyprinoidei
|
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Esomus danrica
ⓘ
linked to:
Esomus
|
| 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
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: Esomus Description of subject: Esomus is a genus of small Asian freshwater cyprinid fishes commonly known as flying barbs, noted for their elongated bodies and barbels.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Esomus
linked to: Esomus
linked to: Esomus
linked to: Esomus
linked to: Esomus
linked to: Esomus
linked to: Esomus