Lophius americanus
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Lophius americanus is a species of anglerfish native to the western Atlantic Ocean, known for its broad, flattened head, large mouth, and use of a bioluminescent lure to attract prey.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American anglerfish | 1 |
| Lophius americanus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10498602 — 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: Lophius americanus Context triple: [Lophiidae, hasNotableSpecies, Lophius americanus]
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A.
Scophthalmus maximus
Scophthalmus maximus, commonly known as the turbot, is a large, commercially important flatfish found in sandy and muddy coastal waters of the Northeast Atlantic and adjacent seas.
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B.
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus is a species of right-eyed flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae, commonly known as the Alaska plaice, found in cold northern Pacific waters.
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C.
Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa, commonly known as the European plaice, is a commercially important flatfish species found in the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas.
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D.
Merluccius bilinearis
Merluccius bilinearis is a North Atlantic hake species of cod-like marine fish valued in commercial fisheries.
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E.
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, commonly known as the witch flounder or grey sole, is a bottom-dwelling flatfish found in cold North Atlantic waters and valued as a commercial food fish.
- 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: Lophius americanus Target entity description: Lophius americanus is a species of anglerfish native to the western Atlantic Ocean, known for its broad, flattened head, large mouth, and use of a bioluminescent lure to attract prey.
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A.
Scophthalmus maximus
Scophthalmus maximus, commonly known as the turbot, is a large, commercially important flatfish found in sandy and muddy coastal waters of the Northeast Atlantic and adjacent seas.
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B.
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus is a species of right-eyed flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae, commonly known as the Alaska plaice, found in cold northern Pacific waters.
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C.
Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa, commonly known as the European plaice, is a commercially important flatfish species found in the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas.
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D.
Merluccius bilinearis
Merluccius bilinearis is a North Atlantic hake species of cod-like marine fish valued in commercial fisheries.
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E.
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, commonly known as the witch flounder or grey sole, is a bottom-dwelling flatfish found in cold North Atlantic waters and valued as a commercial food fish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anglerfish
ⓘ
species of fish ⓘ |
| assessedBy | IUCN ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
food fish
ⓘ
sold as monkfish ⓘ |
| commonName |
American anglerfish
ⓘ
linked to:
Lophius americanus
American goosefish ⓘ goosefish ⓘ monkfish ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| depthRange | shoreline to about 1000 m ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edwards Holbrook ⓘ |
| diet |
cephalopods
ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ |
| distributionRange |
Cape Hatteras
ⓘ
Georges Bank ⓘ Gulf of Maine ⓘ Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ Labrador ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Bight ⓘ
linked to:
Mid-Atlantic Bight of the Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland ⓘ
linked to:
island of Newfoundland
North Carolina ⓘ |
| family | Lophiidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | ambush predator ⓘ |
| fisheryType |
bycatch in other trawl fisheries
ⓘ
commercial trawl fisheries target ⓘ |
| foundInWaterBody | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| genus | Lophius ⓘ |
| habitat |
continental shelf
ⓘ
continental slope ⓘ muddy bottoms ⓘ sandy bottoms ⓘ soft-bottom substrates ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
camouflages with substrate
ⓘ
lies partially buried on seafloor ⓘ uses a lure to attract prey ⓘ |
| hasBodyFeature |
cryptic coloration
ⓘ
esca (lure) ⓘ fringed skin flaps ⓘ illicium (fishing rod-like dorsal spine) ⓘ large head ⓘ large mouth ⓘ small eyes ⓘ wide crescent-shaped mouth ⓘ |
| hasBodyShape | broad flattened head ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| maximumLength | approximately 120 cm ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 20 kg ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
western Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
|
| order | Lophiiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Lophius ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | pelagic egg veils ⓘ |
| spawningSeason |
early summer
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalDepth | 50–500 m ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1855 ⓘ |
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: Lophius americanus Description of subject: Lophius americanus is a species of anglerfish native to the western Atlantic Ocean, known for its broad, flattened head, large mouth, and use of a bioluminescent lure to attract prey.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lophius americanus