Cyprinella
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Cyprinella is a genus of small freshwater minnows native mainly to North America, commonly found in streams and rivers and known for their schooling behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyprinella canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9611666 — 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: Cyprinella Context triple: [Leuciscidae, containsGenus, Cyprinella]
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A.
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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B.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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C.
Pteronotropis
Pteronotropis is a genus of small, colorful North American freshwater minnows commonly found in streams and rivers.
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D.
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis is a species of lamprey, a jawless, eel-like parasitic fish native to freshwater systems in North America.
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E.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
- 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: Cyprinella Target entity description: Cyprinella is a genus of small freshwater minnows native mainly to North America, commonly found in streams and rivers and known for their schooling behavior.
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A.
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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B.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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C.
Pteronotropis
Pteronotropis is a genus of small, colorful North American freshwater minnows commonly found in streams and rivers.
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D.
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis is a species of lamprey, a jawless, eel-like parasitic fish native to freshwater systems in North America.
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E.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | minnows ⓘ |
| characteristic |
forked tail fin
ⓘ
laterally compressed body ⓘ often brightly colored in breeding season ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | shiners ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole | forage fish ⓘ |
| family | Cyprinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Cyprinella analostana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyprinella bocagrande NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella caerulea NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella callitaenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella camura NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella formosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella galactura NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella gibbsi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella labrosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella leedsi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella lutrensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella lutrensis blairi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella proserpina NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella pyrrhomelas NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella rutila NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella spiloptera NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella trichroistia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella venusta NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella whipplei NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinella xaenura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | schooling fish ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cyprinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Cyprinella lutrensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalSize | small ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cyprinella Description of subject: Cyprinella is a genus of small freshwater minnows native mainly to North America, commonly found in streams and rivers and known for their schooling behavior.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.