Wallago
E805699
Wallago is a genus of large predatory freshwater catfishes native to rivers and lakes across South and Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wallago canonical | 2 |
| Wallago hexanema | 1 |
| Wallago leerii | 1 |
| Wallago maculatus | 1 |
| Wallago micropogon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541490 — 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: Wallago Context triple: [Siluridae, includesGenus, Wallago]
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A.
Tench
Tench is a surname most notably associated with American keyboardist and songwriter Benmont Tench, a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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B.
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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C.
Lampus
Lampus is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, recognized as one of the sons of King Laomedon of Troy and thus an uncle of the Trojan king Priam.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Wallago Target entity description: Wallago is a genus of large predatory freshwater catfishes native to rivers and lakes across South and Southeast Asia.
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A.
Tench
Tench is a surname most notably associated with American keyboardist and songwriter Benmont Tench, a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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B.
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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C.
Lampus
Lampus is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, recognized as one of the sons of King Laomedon of Troy and thus an uncle of the Trojan king Priam.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus of fish
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Siluridae genera ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| describedBy | Achille Valenciennes ⓘ |
| describedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| diet | predatory ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | apex freshwater predator ⓘ |
| family | Siluridae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Chao Phraya River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Chao Phraya headwaters system
Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Ganges Basin
Indus River basin ⓘ Irrawaddy River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Irrawaddy River
Mekong River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Mekong River
|
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | wallago catfish ⓘ |
| hasFin |
anal fin
ⓘ
caudal fin ⓘ dorsal fin ⓘ pectoral fins ⓘ pelvic fins ⓘ |
| hasGillType | internal gills ⓘ |
| hasHabitus | large catfish ⓘ |
| hasSensorySystem | lateral line system ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Wallago attu
ⓘ
Wallago hexanema ⓘ
linked to:
Wallago
Wallago leerii ⓘ
linked to:
Wallago
Wallago maculatus ⓘ
linked to:
Wallago
Wallago micropogon ⓘ
linked to:
Wallago
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
South Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Siluridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | aquatic respiration ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | carnivore ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Wallago attu ⓘ |
| usesHabitat |
benthic zone
ⓘ
demersal zone ⓘ |
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: Wallago Description of subject: Wallago is a genus of large predatory freshwater catfishes native to rivers and lakes across South and Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wallago
linked to: Wallago
linked to: Wallago
linked to: Wallago