Notopterus
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Notopterus is a genus of freshwater knifefishes native to South and Southeast Asia, known for their elongated, laterally compressed bodies and undulating fin movements.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Notopterus canonical | 3 |
| Notopterus notopterus | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10639792 — 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: Notopterus Context triple: [Notopteridae, containsGenus, Notopterus]
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A.
Heptapterus
Heptapterus is a genus of freshwater catfish in the family Heptapteridae, native to river systems in South America.
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B.
Hirundichthys
Hirundichthys is a genus of marine flying fishes known for their elongated pectoral fins that enable them to glide above the ocean surface.
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C.
Gyrinocheilus
Gyrinocheilus is a genus of freshwater algae-eating fish commonly known as Chinese algae eaters, popular in aquariums for their ability to control algae growth.
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D.
Saurogobio
Saurogobio is a genus of small freshwater cyprinid fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
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E.
Cnidoglanis
Cnidoglanis is a genus of marine catfish known for its eel-like body and venomous fin spines, native to coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region.
- 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: Notopterus Target entity description: Notopterus is a genus of freshwater knifefishes native to South and Southeast Asia, known for their elongated, laterally compressed bodies and undulating fin movements.
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A.
Heptapterus
Heptapterus is a genus of freshwater catfish in the family Heptapteridae, native to river systems in South America.
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B.
Hirundichthys
Hirundichthys is a genus of marine flying fishes known for their elongated pectoral fins that enable them to glide above the ocean surface.
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C.
Gyrinocheilus
Gyrinocheilus is a genus of freshwater algae-eating fish commonly known as Chinese algae eaters, popular in aquariums for their ability to control algae growth.
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D.
Saurogobio
Saurogobio is a genus of small freshwater cyprinid fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
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E.
Cnidoglanis
Cnidoglanis is a genus of marine catfish known for its eel-like body and venomous fin spines, native to coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
ⓘ
genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| bodyShape |
elongated
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elongated ⓘ laterally compressed ⓘ laterally compressed ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | knifefishes ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| family |
Notopteridae
ⓘ
Notopteridae ⓘ |
| genus | Notopterus ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies |
Notopterus notopterus
ⓘ
linked to:
Notopterus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
undulating fin movements
ⓘ
undulating fin movements ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
South Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order |
Osteoglossiformes
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Osteoglossiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Notopteridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Notopterus Description of subject: Notopterus is a genus of freshwater knifefishes native to South and Southeast Asia, known for their elongated, laterally compressed bodies and undulating fin movements.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.