Plotosus
E805739
Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known for species like the striped eel catfish, which inhabit Indo-Pacific coastal and reef environments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plotosus canonical | 2 |
| Plotosus lineatus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541875 — 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: Plotosus Context triple: [Plotosidae, containsGenus, Plotosus]
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A.
Belopoeica
Belopoeica is an ancient Greek treatise by Philo of Byzantium that systematically examines the design and construction of war machines and artillery.
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B.
Nesopsar
Nesopsar is a little-known genus of New World blackbirds within the icterid family, comprising Caribbean passerine birds.
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C.
Oenotrus
Oenotrus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor and founder of the ancient Oenotrian people of southern Italy.
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D.
Melursus
Melursus is a genus of bears best known for the sloth bear, a shaggy-coated, insect-eating bear native to the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Nattier
Nattier is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Marc Nattier, an 18th-century painter known for his portraits of the ladies of Louis XV’s court.
- 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: Plotosus Target entity description: Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known for species like the striped eel catfish, which inhabit Indo-Pacific coastal and reef environments.
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A.
Belopoeica
Belopoeica is an ancient Greek treatise by Philo of Byzantium that systematically examines the design and construction of war machines and artillery.
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B.
Nesopsar
Nesopsar is a little-known genus of New World blackbirds within the icterid family, comprising Caribbean passerine birds.
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C.
Oenotrus
Oenotrus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor and founder of the ancient Oenotrian people of southern Italy.
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D.
Melursus
Melursus is a genus of bears best known for the sloth bear, a shaggy-coated, insect-eating bear native to the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Nattier
Nattier is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Marc Nattier, an 18th-century painter known for his portraits of the ladies of Louis XV’s court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
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genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| associatedWith | coral reef ecosystems ⓘ |
| behavior | forms dense schools as juveniles ⓘ |
| bodyShape | eel-like elongated body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
eeltail catfishes
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striped eel catfish ⓘ |
| defense | venomous fin spines ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of eeltail catfishes ⓘ |
| diet |
small fishes
ⓘ
small invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution | Indo-Pacific region ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | benthic fish ⓘ |
| environment |
brackish
ⓘ
marine ⓘ |
| family |
Plotosidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plotosidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingType | benthic feeder ⓘ |
| finType | continuous dorsal and anal fins with caudal fin ⓘ |
| genus | Plotosus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicOccurrence |
Indian Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
Indo-Pacific coastal waters
ⓘ
Indo-Pacific coral reefs ⓘ Indo-Pacific coral reefs ⓘ shallow marine environments ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Plotosus abbreviatus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plotosus canius NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotosus fisadoha NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotosus japonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotosus limbatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotosus lineatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotosus nkunga NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotosus papuensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotosus tholloni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVenomousSpines | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
distinct longitudinal stripes
ⓘ
elongated eel-like body ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | Plotosus lineatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Plotosus Description of subject: Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known for species like the striped eel catfish, which inhabit Indo-Pacific coastal and reef environments.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plotosus lineatus