Silurus glanis
E805694
Silurus glanis, commonly known as the Wels catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to European and parts of Asian rivers and lakes, renowned for its impressive size and predatory behavior.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silurus aristotelis | 1 |
| Silurus glanis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541481 — 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: Silurus glanis Context triple: [Siluridae, includesTaxon, Silurus glanis]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Eels
Eels is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, known for its eclectic sound and introspective, often melancholic lyrics.
- 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: Silurus glanis Target entity description: Silurus glanis, commonly known as the Wels catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to European and parts of Asian rivers and lakes, renowned for its impressive size and predatory behavior.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Eels
Eels is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, known for its eclectic sound and introspective, often melancholic lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
catfish
ⓘ
species of fish ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyColor | dark mottled ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
European catfish
ⓘ
Wels catfish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
amphibians
ⓘ
birds ⓘ fish ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Danube River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhine River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalImpact | can be invasive outside native range ⓘ |
| family | Siluridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Silurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasBarbels | yes ⓘ |
| hasSkeletonType | bony ⓘ |
| importance |
commercially fished
ⓘ
popular sport fish ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| maximumRecordedLength | about 5 m ⓘ |
| maximumRecordedWeight | over 100 kg ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBarbels | 6 ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preferredWaterTemperature | warm ⓘ |
| reproductionType | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| spawningSeason | late spring to summer ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | apex predator ⓘ |
| typicalMaximumLength | 2 to 3 m ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Silurus glanis Description of subject: Silurus glanis, commonly known as the Wels catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to European and parts of Asian rivers and lakes, renowned for its impressive size and predatory behavior.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Silurus aristotelis