Notropis
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Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Notropis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9611668 — 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: Notropis Context triple: [Leuciscidae, containsGenus, Notropis]
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A.
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.
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B.
Nemachilichthys
Nemachilichthys is a genus of small freshwater stone loaches native to South Asia, known for inhabiting fast-flowing streams and rivers.
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C.
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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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.
Pteronotropis
Pteronotropis is a genus of small, colorful North American freshwater minnows commonly found in streams and rivers.
- 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: Notropis Target entity description: Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
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A.
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.
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B.
Nemachilichthys
Nemachilichthys is a genus of small freshwater stone loaches native to South Asia, known for inhabiting fast-flowing streams and rivers.
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C.
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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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.
Pteronotropis
Pteronotropis is a genus of small, colorful North American freshwater minnows commonly found in streams and rivers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | shiners ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Notropis amoenus
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Notropis atherinoides NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis bairdi NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis boops NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis buccatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis chalybaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis dorsalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis greenei NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis heterodon ⓘ Notropis heterolepis NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis hudsonius NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis longirostris NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis maculatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis nubilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis perpallidus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis photogenis NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis rubellus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis sabinae NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis shumardi NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis stramineus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis telescopus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis texanus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis volucellus NERFINISHED ⓘ Notropis wickliffi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
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detritus ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
North American rivers
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North American streams ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | forage fish ⓘ |
| family | Leuciscidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| nativeRange | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Leuciscidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| subfamily | Leuciscinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalBodySize | small ⓘ |
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: Notropis Description of subject: Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.