Campostoma
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Campostoma is a genus of small freshwater minnows commonly known as stonerollers, native to streams and rivers of North America.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Campostoma canonical | 2 |
| Campostoma anomalum | 2 |
| Campostoma oligolepis | 1 |
| Campostoma ornatum | 1 |
| Campostoma pauciradii | 1 |
| Campostoma pullum | 1 |
| Campostoma spadiceum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9611672 — 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: Campostoma Context triple: [Leuciscidae, containsGenus, Campostoma]
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A.
Moxostoma
Moxostoma is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as redhorses, found in North American rivers and streams and noted for their bottom-feeding habits.
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B.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
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C.
Rhinichthys
Rhinichthys is a genus of small freshwater minnows native to North America, commonly found in cool, fast-flowing streams and rivers.
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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.
Notropis
Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
- 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: Campostoma Target entity description: Campostoma is a genus of small freshwater minnows commonly known as stonerollers, native to streams and rivers of North America.
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A.
Moxostoma
Moxostoma is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as redhorses, found in North American rivers and streams and noted for their bottom-feeding habits.
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B.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
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C.
Rhinichthys
Rhinichthys is a genus of small freshwater minnows native to North America, commonly found in cool, fast-flowing streams and rivers.
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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.
Notropis
Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | stonerollers ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | most species of least concern overall ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
ⓘ
detritus ⓘ periphyton ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
central United States
ⓘ
eastern United States ⓘ southern United States ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
important grazer of stream algae
ⓘ
primary consumer ⓘ |
| family | Cyprinidae ⓘ |
| feedingType |
algivore
ⓘ
benthic grazer ⓘ |
| foundInDrainage |
Great Lakes basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes Basin
Gulf of Mexico drainages ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Mexico watershed
Mississippi River basin ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
gravel-bottom streams ⓘ riffles ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Campostoma anomalum
ⓘ
linked to:
Campostoma
Campostoma oligolepis ⓘ
linked to:
Campostoma
Campostoma ornatum ⓘ
linked to:
Campostoma
Campostoma pauciradii ⓘ
linked to:
Campostoma
Campostoma pullum ⓘ
linked to:
Campostoma
Campostoma spadiceum ⓘ
linked to:
Campostoma
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 18 cm ⓘ |
| morphologicalTrait |
robust body for life in current
ⓘ
subterminal mouth adapted for scraping substrates ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Mexico
ⓘ
North America ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| order | Cypriniformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cyprinidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males develop nuptial tubercles during breeding season ⓘ |
| spawningHabitat | gravel nests ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Louis Agassiz ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Campostoma anomalum
ⓘ
linked to:
Campostoma
|
| typicalEnvironment | clear streams with moderate to fast current ⓘ |
| typicalLength | 5–10 cm ⓘ |
| vernacularNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Campostoma Description of subject: Campostoma is a genus of small freshwater minnows commonly known as stonerollers, native to streams and rivers of North America.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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