Leuresthes
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Leuresthes is a genus of small silverside fishes known for their grunion species that spawn on sandy beaches along the Pacific coast of North America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leuresthes canonical | 3 |
| Leuresthes tenuis | 2 |
| Leuresthes sardina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10435665 — 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: Leuresthes Context triple: [Atherinidae, hasMember, Leuresthes]
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A.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Neenchelys
Neenchelys is a genus of slender, burrowing eels in the family Moringuidae, commonly known as spaghetti or worm eels, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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C.
Leptopelas
Leptopelas is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae, a group commonly known for their warbler-like species found mainly in the Old World tropics.
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D.
Rhynchotus
Rhynchotus is a genus of South American tinamous, ground-dwelling birds known for their plump bodies, short wings, and secretive behavior in grassland and scrub habitats.
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E.
Leionema
Leionema is a genus of flowering shrubs native to Australia, known for their aromatic foliage and clusters of small, star-shaped flowers, and classified within the citrus family Rutaceae.
- 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: Leuresthes Target entity description: Leuresthes is a genus of small silverside fishes known for their grunion species that spawn on sandy beaches along the Pacific coast of North America.
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A.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Neenchelys
Neenchelys is a genus of slender, burrowing eels in the family Moringuidae, commonly known as spaghetti or worm eels, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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C.
Leptopelas
Leptopelas is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae, a group commonly known for their warbler-like species found mainly in the Old World tropics.
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D.
Rhynchotus
Rhynchotus is a genus of South American tinamous, ground-dwelling birds known for their plump bodies, short wings, and secretive behavior in grassland and scrub habitats.
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E.
Leionema
Leionema is a genus of flowering shrubs native to Australia, known for their aromatic foliage and clusters of small, star-shaped flowers, and classified within the citrus family Rutaceae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | subfamily Atherinopsinae ⓘ |
| bodySize | small silverside fishes ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | grunions ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | coastal habitat degradation ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of New World silversides ⓘ |
| distribution |
California Current region
ⓘ
linked to:
California Current
|
| ecologicalRole | forage fish ⓘ |
| eggDevelopmentSite | buried in beach sand ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | intertidal zone ⓘ |
| family | Atherinopsidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | planktivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine coastal waters
ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ |
| hasCommonNameForSpecies |
California grunion
ⓘ
linked to:
Menidia
Gulf grunion ⓘ Tortuga grunion ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf grunion
|
| hasSpecies |
Leuresthes hubbsi
ⓘ
Leuresthes sardina ⓘ
linked to:
Leuresthes
Leuresthes tenuis ⓘ
linked to:
Leuresthes
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Pacific coast of North America
ⓘ
eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| notableFor | grunion runs ⓘ |
| order | Atheriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region |
Baja California
ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| reproduction |
beach-spawning behavior
ⓘ
spawns on sandy beaches ⓘ |
| salinityPreference | marine ⓘ |
| spawningBehavior | adults come ashore to spawn ⓘ |
| spawningSeason |
spring
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| spawningTrigger |
high tides
ⓘ
lunar cycle ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
beach development
ⓘ
human disturbance during spawning ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Leuresthes tenuis
ⓘ
linked to:
Leuresthes
|
| waterType | shallow coastal waters ⓘ |
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: Leuresthes Description of subject: Leuresthes is a genus of small silverside fishes known for their grunion species that spawn on sandy beaches along the Pacific coast of North America.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Leuresthes
linked to: Leuresthes
linked to: Leuresthes