Muraenidae
E806949
Muraenidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine fishes commonly known as moray eels, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muraenidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9572107 — 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: Muraenidae Context triple: [Ophichthidae, relatedTo, Muraenidae]
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A.
Muraenolepididae
Muraenolepididae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes, commonly known as eel cods, found primarily in cold Southern Ocean waters.
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B.
Muraenesocidae
Muraenesocidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine eels commonly known as pike congers, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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C.
Ophichthidae
Ophichthidae is a family of elongated, burrowing marine fishes commonly known as snake eels, characterized by their snake-like bodies and often reduced or absent fins.
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D.
Plotosidae
Plotosidae is a family of eel-tailed catfishes known for their elongated bodies and often venomous fin spines, found primarily in marine and freshwater habitats of the Indo-Pacific region.
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E.
Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes is an order of elongated, snake-like ray-finned fishes commonly known as eels, found in marine and freshwater environments worldwide.
- 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: Muraenidae Target entity description: Muraenidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine fishes commonly known as moray eels, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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A.
Muraenolepididae
Muraenolepididae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes, commonly known as eel cods, found primarily in cold Southern Ocean waters.
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B.
Muraenesocidae
Muraenesocidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine eels commonly known as pike congers, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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C.
Ophichthidae
Ophichthidae is a family of elongated, burrowing marine fishes commonly known as snake eels, characterized by their snake-like bodies and often reduced or absent fins.
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D.
Plotosidae
Plotosidae is a family of eel-tailed catfishes known for their elongated bodies and often venomous fin spines, found primarily in marine and freshwater habitats of the Indo-Pacific region.
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E.
Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes is an order of elongated, snake-like ray-finned fishes commonly known as eels, found in marine and freshwater environments worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
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ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxonomic family ⓘ |
| behavior |
ambush predator
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benthic ⓘ nocturnal ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | moray eels ⓘ |
| describedAs | elongated predatory marine fishes ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
important in marine ecotourism
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occasionally used as food fish ⓘ |
| environment | marine ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
coral reefs
ⓘ
rocky reefs ⓘ subtropical seas ⓘ tropical seas ⓘ |
| hasBodyShape |
eel-like
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elongated ⓘ |
| hasDentition |
backward-pointing teeth
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sharp teeth ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
continuous anal fin
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continuous caudal fin ⓘ continuous dorsal fin ⓘ lack of scales ⓘ large mouth ⓘ pharyngeal jaws ⓘ posterior nostrils forming tubular openings ⓘ reduced pectoral fins or absent pectoral fins ⓘ thick skin ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Anarchias
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Echidna ⓘ Enchelycore ⓘ Gymnothorax ⓘ
linked to:
Myrichthys
Muraena ⓘ Siderea ⓘ Strophidon ⓘ Uropterygius ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalStage | leptocephalus ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Echidna nebulosa
ⓘ
linked to:
Echidna
Gymnothorax funebris ⓘ Gymnothorax javanicus ⓘ Muraena helena ⓘ
linked to:
Muraena
|
| order | Anguilliformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| riskToHumans | can inflict serious bites ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Rafinesque, 1810 ⓘ |
| shelterUse |
crevices in reefs
ⓘ
holes in rocks ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | predator ⓘ |
| venomStatus | some species have mildly toxic mucus ⓘ |
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: Muraenidae Description of subject: Muraenidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine fishes commonly known as moray eels, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.