Menidia
E870183
Menidia is a genus of small silverside fishes commonly found in coastal and estuarine waters of North and Central America.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Menidia canonical | 8 |
| Atlantic silverside | 1 |
| California grunion | 1 |
| Menidia beryllina | 1 |
| Menidia conchorum | 1 |
| Menidia extensa | 1 |
| Menidia menidia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10549343 — 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: Menidia Context triple: [Atherinopsidae, includesGenus, Menidia]
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A.
Sebastes goodei
Sebastes goodei, commonly known as chilipepper rockfish, is a Pacific marine fish species valued in commercial and recreational fisheries along the west coast of North America.
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B.
Clupea
Clupea is a genus of small, oily, schooling fish commonly known as herrings, which are ecologically and commercially important in northern marine ecosystems.
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C.
Atherinopsis
Atherinopsis is a genus of neotropical silverside fishes known from coastal marine and estuarine waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Psettina
Psettina is a genus of small lefteye flounders, a type of flatfish found on sandy or muddy sea bottoms in various marine regions.
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E.
Paralichthys
Paralichthys is a genus of large, bottom-dwelling flatfishes commonly known as flounders, found in coastal and estuarine waters of the Americas and important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
- 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: Menidia Target entity description: Menidia is a genus of small silverside fishes commonly found in coastal and estuarine waters of North and Central America.
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A.
Sebastes goodei
Sebastes goodei, commonly known as chilipepper rockfish, is a Pacific marine fish species valued in commercial and recreational fisheries along the west coast of North America.
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B.
Clupea
Clupea is a genus of small, oily, schooling fish commonly known as herrings, which are ecologically and commercially important in northern marine ecosystems.
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C.
Atherinopsis
Atherinopsis is a genus of neotropical silverside fishes known from coastal marine and estuarine waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Psettina
Psettina is a genus of small lefteye flounders, a type of flatfish found on sandy or muddy sea bottoms in various marine regions.
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E.
Paralichthys
Paralichthys is a genus of large, bottom-dwelling flatfishes commonly known as flounders, found in coastal and estuarine waters of the Americas and important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| bodyColoration | silvery lateral stripe ⓘ |
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
Atlantic silverside
ⓘ
linked to:
Menidia
Key silverside ⓘ inland silverside ⓘ silversides ⓘ tidewater silverside ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of small silverside fishes ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | forage fish ⓘ |
| environment |
brackish
ⓘ
marine ⓘ |
| family | Atherinopsidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | planktivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
Atlantic coastal waters of North America
ⓘ
coastal waters ⓘ estuarine waters ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Menidia beryllina
ⓘ
linked to:
Menidia
Menidia conchorum ⓘ
linked to:
Menidia
Menidia extensa ⓘ
linked to:
Menidia
Menidia menidia ⓘ
linked to:
Menidia
Menidia peninsulae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Central America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| order | Atheriniformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Atherinopsidae
ⓘ
Menidia ⓘ Menidia ⓘ Menidia ⓘ Menidia ⓘ Menidia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ecological research
ⓘ
toxicology studies ⓘ |
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: Menidia Description of subject: Menidia is a genus of small silverside fishes commonly found in coastal and estuarine waters of North and Central America.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.