Kryptopterus vitreolus
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Kryptopterus vitreolus is a small Southeast Asian freshwater catfish known in the aquarium trade as the glass catfish for its nearly transparent body.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kryptopterus vitreolus canonical | 3 |
| Kryptopterus bicirrhis | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541485 — 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: Kryptopterus vitreolus Context triple: [Siluridae, includesTaxon, Kryptopterus vitreolus]
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A.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
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B.
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
The Fish (Schindleria praematurus) is an extremely small, transparent marine fish species known for its larval-like adult form and status as one of the world’s tiniest vertebrates.
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C.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as the oriental weather loach, is a small, eel-like freshwater fish native to East Asia and popular in aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
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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.
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis is a species of lamprey, a jawless, eel-like parasitic fish native to freshwater systems in North 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: Kryptopterus vitreolus Target entity description: Kryptopterus vitreolus is a small Southeast Asian freshwater catfish known in the aquarium trade as the glass catfish for its nearly transparent body.
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A.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
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B.
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
The Fish (Schindleria praematurus) is an extremely small, transparent marine fish species known for its larval-like adult form and status as one of the world’s tiniest vertebrates.
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C.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as the oriental weather loach, is a small, eel-like freshwater fish native to East Asia and popular in aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
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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.
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis is a species of lamprey, a jawless, eel-like parasitic fish native to freshwater systems in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
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freshwater catfish ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| aquariumRequirement |
kept in groups of at least 5–6 individuals
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requires well-oxygenated water ⓘ sensitive to poor water quality ⓘ |
| aquariumRole | ornamental fish ⓘ |
| behavior | schooling fish ⓘ |
| bodyCharacteristic |
elongated body
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laterally compressed body ⓘ nearly transparent body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse | aquarium trade ⓘ |
| commonName |
ghost catfish
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glass catfish ⓘ |
| describedAs | small transparent catfish ⓘ |
| diet |
small aquatic invertebrates
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small insect larvae ⓘ zooplankton ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Kryptopterus bicirrhis
ⓘ
linked to:
Kryptopterus
|
| family | Siluridae ⓘ |
| finCharacteristic |
lacks scales
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long anal fin ⓘ no visible dorsal fin on most of body ⓘ |
| genus | Kryptopterus ⓘ |
| geographicEndemism | endemic to Thailand river basins ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater rivers
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streams ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumLength | approximately 8 cm ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Southeast Asia
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Thailand ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying fish ⓘ |
| scientificName | Kryptopterus vitreolus ⓘ |
| sensorySystem | barbels around mouth ⓘ |
| skeletonVisibility | internal organs and backbone visible through body ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | peaceful community fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | tropical water temperatures ⓘ |
| typicalLength | 4–6 cm ⓘ |
| visibility | transparency decreases with stress or poor conditions ⓘ |
| waterPreference |
slightly acidic water
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soft water ⓘ |
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: Kryptopterus vitreolus Description of subject: Kryptopterus vitreolus is a small Southeast Asian freshwater catfish known in the aquarium trade as the glass catfish for its nearly transparent body.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kryptopterus vitreolus
linked to: Kryptopterus vitreolus