Neosilurus
E810750
Neosilurus is a genus of freshwater eeltail catfishes native primarily to Australia and New Guinea.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neosilurus canonical | 1 |
| Neosilurus argenteus | 1 |
| Neosilurus ater | 1 |
| Neosilurus brevidorsalis | 1 |
| Neosilurus coatesi | 1 |
| Neosilurus equinus | 1 |
| Neosilurus gjellerupi | 1 |
| Neosilurus gloveri | 1 |
| Neosilurus hyrtlii | 1 |
| Neosilurus microps | 1 |
| Neosilurus mollespiculum | 1 |
| Neosilurus novaeguineae | 1 |
| Neosilurus pseudospinosus | 1 |
| Neosilurus torresensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541878 — 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: Neosilurus Context triple: [Plotosidae, containsGenus, Neosilurus]
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A.
Cobitis
Cobitis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
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B.
Triplophysa
Triplophysa is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches native mainly to high-altitude streams and rivers across Central and East Asia.
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C.
Hemibarbus
Hemibarbus is a genus of freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
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D.
Ichthyomyzon
Ichthyomyzon is a genus of lampreys, a group of jawless, eel-like parasitic or non-parasitic fishes found primarily in freshwater habitats of North America.
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E.
Pseudobagrus
Pseudobagrus is a genus of freshwater catfishes native mainly to East Asia, known for their bottom-dwelling habits and importance in local river ecosystems.
- 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: Neosilurus Target entity description: Neosilurus is a genus of freshwater eeltail catfishes native primarily to Australia and New Guinea.
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A.
Cobitis
Cobitis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
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B.
Triplophysa
Triplophysa is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches native mainly to high-altitude streams and rivers across Central and East Asia.
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C.
Hemibarbus
Hemibarbus is a genus of freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
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D.
Ichthyomyzon
Ichthyomyzon is a genus of lampreys, a group of jawless, eel-like parasitic or non-parasitic fishes found primarily in freshwater habitats of North America.
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E.
Pseudobagrus
Pseudobagrus is a genus of freshwater catfishes native mainly to East Asia, known for their bottom-dwelling habits and importance in local river ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | eeltail catfishes ⓘ |
| distribution |
Australasia
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceania
|
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | freshwater benthic predator ⓘ |
| family | Plotosidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | omnivorous ⓘ |
| foundIn |
billabongs
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| genusOf | freshwater eeltail catfishes ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
barbels around mouth
ⓘ
continuous eel-like tail ⓘ elongated body ⓘ |
| hasFinType |
adipose fin absent
ⓘ
eel-like caudal fin ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Neosilurus argenteus
ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus ater ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus brevidorsalis ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus coatesi ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus equinus ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus gjellerupi ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus gloveri ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus hyrtlii ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus microps ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus mollespiculum ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus novaeguineae ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus pseudospinosus ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
Neosilurus torresensis ⓘ
linked to:
Neosilurus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Plotosidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| sensorySystem | barbels for tactile and chemical sensing ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony ⓘ |
| 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: Neosilurus Description of subject: Neosilurus is a genus of freshwater eeltail catfishes native primarily to Australia and New Guinea.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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