Acanthomorpha
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Acanthomorpha is a large and diverse clade of spiny-rayed teleost fishes that includes many familiar marine and freshwater species.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Percomorpha | 3 |
| Acanthomorpha canonical | 2 |
| Percomorpha (in some classifications) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10315817 — 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: Acanthomorpha Context triple: [Bathylutichthyidae, belongsToClade, Acanthomorpha]
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A.
Acanthuroidei
Acanthuroidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes that includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and their relatives, many of which are characterized by laterally compressed bodies and sharp spines near the tail.
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B.
Osmeriformes
Osmeriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes smelts and their relatives, typically small, silvery, cold-water species found in marine and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Cacatuoidea
Cacatuoidea is a superfamily of birds that includes cockatoos and their close relatives, characterized by their crests, strong curved bills, and often loud vocalizations.
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D.
Elopomorpha
Elopomorpha is a major group of ray-finned fishes that includes eels, tarpons, and their relatives, all characterized by a distinctive transparent leptocephalus larval stage.
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E.
Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchidae is a small family of African freshwater fishes best known for the electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus, which uses weak electric fields for navigation and communication.
- 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: Acanthomorpha Target entity description: Acanthomorpha is a large and diverse clade of spiny-rayed teleost fishes that includes many familiar marine and freshwater species.
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A.
Acanthuroidei
Acanthuroidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes that includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and their relatives, many of which are characterized by laterally compressed bodies and sharp spines near the tail.
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B.
Osmeriformes
Osmeriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes smelts and their relatives, typically small, silvery, cold-water species found in marine and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Cacatuoidea
Cacatuoidea is a superfamily of birds that includes cockatoos and their close relatives, characterized by their crests, strong curved bills, and often loud vocalizations.
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D.
Elopomorpha
Elopomorpha is a major group of ray-finned fishes that includes eels, tarpons, and their relatives, all characterized by a distinctive transparent leptocephalus larval stage.
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E.
Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchidae is a small family of African freshwater fishes best known for the electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus, which uses weak electric fields for navigation and communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
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taxon ⓘ teleost clade ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| contains |
many commercially important fish species
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many demersal fishes ⓘ many ecologically important fish species ⓘ many pelagic fishes ⓘ many reef-associated fishes ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | presence of true fin spines rather than only soft rays ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Ostariophysi ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek akantha (spine) and morphe (form) ⓘ |
| evolutionaryOrigin |
Cretaceous period
ⓘ
linked to:
Cretaceous
|
| habitat |
freshwater environments
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marine environments ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
advanced jaw mechanics
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diverse body forms ⓘ mostly physoclistous swim bladders ⓘ spiny rays in dorsal and anal fins ⓘ true fin spines ⓘ |
| includes |
Anabantiformes
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Atheriniformes ⓘ Beloniformes ⓘ Beryciformes ⓘ Berycimorphaceae ⓘ Carangiformes ⓘ Cichliformes ⓘ Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ Gadiformes ⓘ Gasterosteiformes ⓘ Gobiiformes ⓘ
linked to:
Gobioidei
Holocentriformes ⓘ Holocentrimorphaceae ⓘ Kurtiformes ⓘ Lampriformes ⓘ Lophiiformes ⓘ Mugiliformes ⓘ Ovalentaria ⓘ Paracanthopterygii ⓘ Perciformes ⓘ Percomorphaceae ⓘ Pleuronectiformes ⓘ Scombriformes ⓘ Scorpaeniformes ⓘ Syngnathiformes ⓘ Tetraodontiformes ⓘ Zeiformes ⓘ |
| infraclass | Teleostei ⓘ |
| infraphylum | Gnathostomata ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Crown Teleostei
ⓘ
linked to:
Teleostei
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Euteleostei ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| superclass | Osteichthyes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Acanthomorpha Description of subject: Acanthomorpha is a large and diverse clade of spiny-rayed teleost fishes that includes many familiar marine and freshwater species.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Acanthomorpha
linked to: Acanthomorpha
linked to: Acanthomorpha
linked to: Acanthomorpha