Pterygoplichthys pardalis
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Pterygoplichthys pardalis is a South American armored catfish species, commonly known as the Amazon sailfin pleco, noted for its bony plates, algae-grazing habits, and popularity in the aquarium trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pterygoplichthys pardalis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541611 — 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: Pterygoplichthys pardalis Context triple: [Loricariidae, notableSpecies, Pterygoplichthys pardalis]
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A.
Pseudoplatystoma
Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of large, predatory South American catfish known for their distinctive striped or spotted patterns and importance in commercial and sport fisheries.
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B.
Pimelodella
Pimelodella is a genus of small Neotropical catfishes commonly found in freshwater streams and rivers of Central and South America.
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C.
Kryptopterus vitreolus
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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D.
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis is a large, economically important freshwater cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asian rivers, commonly known for its game and food value.
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E.
Clarias
Clarias is a genus of airbreathing catfishes commonly known as walking catfish, found in freshwater habitats across Africa and Asia.
- 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: Pterygoplichthys pardalis Target entity description: Pterygoplichthys pardalis is a South American armored catfish species, commonly known as the Amazon sailfin pleco, noted for its bony plates, algae-grazing habits, and popularity in the aquarium trade.
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A.
Pseudoplatystoma
Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of large, predatory South American catfish known for their distinctive striped or spotted patterns and importance in commercial and sport fisheries.
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B.
Pimelodella
Pimelodella is a genus of small Neotropical catfishes commonly found in freshwater streams and rivers of Central and South America.
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C.
Kryptopterus vitreolus
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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D.
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis is a large, economically important freshwater cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asian rivers, commonly known for its game and food value.
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E.
Clarias
Clarias is a genus of airbreathing catfishes commonly known as walking catfish, found in freshwater habitats across Africa and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armored catfish
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Hypostominae ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
Amazon sailfin pleco
ⓘ
common pleco ⓘ sailfin pleco ⓘ |
| describedBy | Castelnau ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
ⓘ
aufwuchs ⓘ detritus ⓘ |
| ecologicalImpact |
can become invasive
ⓘ
can cause bank erosion by burrowing ⓘ |
| family | Loricariidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | benthic grazer ⓘ |
| genus | Pterygoplichthys ⓘ |
| habitat |
floodplain lakes
ⓘ
freshwater rivers ⓘ slow-moving waters ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | ability to gulp air ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
algae-grazing
ⓘ
substrate-scraping ⓘ |
| hasBodyFeature |
bony armor plates
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large dorsal fin ⓘ suckermouth ⓘ ventrally flattened body ⓘ |
| hasColorPattern | dark spots forming a reticulated pattern ⓘ |
| hasRespiration | air-breathing capability ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| isPopularIn | aquarium hobby ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 50 cm ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Amazon River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Amazon Basin
Brazil ⓘ Peru ⓘ South America ⓘ lower Amazon River ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
cave-spawning
ⓘ
egg-laying ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalAquariumLength | 30 to 40 cm ⓘ |
| usedFor | aquarium trade ⓘ |
| waterPreference | tropical freshwater ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1855 ⓘ |
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: Pterygoplichthys pardalis Description of subject: Pterygoplichthys pardalis is a South American armored catfish species, commonly known as the Amazon sailfin pleco, noted for its bony plates, algae-grazing habits, and popularity in the aquarium trade.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.