Platystacus
E805753
Platystacus is a genus of banjo catfishes, small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes known for their flattened bodies and cryptic, leaf-like appearance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Platystacus canonical | 2 |
| Platystacus cotylephorus | 2 |
| Platystacus orinocoensis | 1 |
| Platystacus pectinifrons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541999 — 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: Platystacus Context triple: [Aspredinidae, hasMemberGenus, Platystacus]
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A.
Aepyprymnus
Aepyprymnus is a genus of Australian marsupials known as rat-kangaroos or bettongs, characterized by their small size, hopping locomotion, and nocturnal, burrowing habits.
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B.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
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C.
Sacciolepis
Sacciolepis is a genus of grasses found in wet, often tropical habitats, known for its small, clustered flower spikes.
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D.
Platystemon
Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
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E.
Polygonella
Polygonella is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its slender, often wiry stems and tiny clustered flowers typically found in sandy or coastal habitats.
- 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: Platystacus Target entity description: Platystacus is a genus of banjo catfishes, small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes known for their flattened bodies and cryptic, leaf-like appearance.
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A.
Aepyprymnus
Aepyprymnus is a genus of Australian marsupials known as rat-kangaroos or bettongs, characterized by their small size, hopping locomotion, and nocturnal, burrowing habits.
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B.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
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C.
Sacciolepis
Sacciolepis is a genus of grasses found in wet, often tropical habitats, known for its small, clustered flower spikes.
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D.
Platystemon
Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
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E.
Polygonella
Polygonella is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its slender, often wiry stems and tiny clustered flowers typically found in sandy or coastal habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | banjo catfishes ⓘ |
| describedAs | small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes ⓘ |
| distribution |
South America
ⓘ
coastal drainages of northern South America ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | bottom-dwelling invertivore ⓘ |
| family | Aspredinidae ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasAppearance |
cryptic
ⓘ
leaf-like ⓘ |
| hasBodyShape | flattened body ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
camouflaged coloration
ⓘ
dorsoventrally flattened body ⓘ reduced swim bladder ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Platystacus cotylephorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Platystacus
Platystacus orinocoensis ⓘ
linked to:
Platystacus
Platystacus pectinifrons ⓘ
linked to:
Platystacus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Aspredinidae ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Aspredinidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Platystacus cotylephorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Platystacus
|
| vernacularName | banjo catfish 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: Platystacus Description of subject: Platystacus is a genus of banjo catfishes, small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes known for their flattened bodies and cryptic, leaf-like appearance.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Platystacus
linked to: Platystacus
linked to: Platystacus
linked to: Platystacus