Lates
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Lates is a genus of large predatory freshwater and brackish-water fishes in the family Latidae, best known for including the economically important Nile perch.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lates canonical | 3 |
| Lates japonicus | 1 |
| Lates longispinis | 1 |
| Lates mariae | 1 |
| Lates microlepis | 1 |
| Lates stappersii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11086441 — 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: Lates Context triple: [Nile perch, genus, Lates]
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A.
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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B.
Ladyfish
Ladyfish is a supporting animated fish character who serves as the love interest of the title character in the 1964 fantasy-comedy film "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."
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C.
Tayassu
Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
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D.
Melichthys
Melichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and vibrant coloration, found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters.
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E.
Oxydoras
Oxydoras is a genus of large South American thorny catfishes known for their armored bodies and occurrence in major river systems such as the Amazon and Orinoco.
- 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: Lates Target entity description: Lates is a genus of large predatory freshwater and brackish-water fishes in the family Latidae, best known for including the economically important Nile perch.
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A.
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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B.
Ladyfish
Ladyfish is a supporting animated fish character who serves as the love interest of the title character in the 1964 fantasy-comedy film "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."
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C.
Tayassu
Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
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D.
Melichthys
Melichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and vibrant coloration, found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters.
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E.
Oxydoras
Oxydoras is a genus of large South American thorny catfishes known for their armored bodies and occurrence in major river systems such as the Amazon and Orinoco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus of fishes
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| aquacultureUse | farmed for human consumption ⓘ |
| bodyShape | fusiform ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonNameOfMember | Nile perch ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
invasive potential of some species
ⓘ
overfishing in some regions ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
smaller fish ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Indo-Pacific region ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | predatory fish ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
commercial fisheries
ⓘ
food fish ⓘ |
| family | Latidae ⓘ |
| fishingMethod |
gillnetting
ⓘ
longlining ⓘ trawling ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish water
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
carnivorous diet
ⓘ
elongated body ⓘ large body size ⓘ two dorsal fins ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Lates calcarifer
ⓘ
Lates japonicus ⓘ
linked to:
Lates
Lates longispinis ⓘ
linked to:
Lates
Lates macrophthalmus ⓘ Lates mariae ⓘ
linked to:
Lates
Lates microlepis ⓘ
linked to:
Lates
Lates niloticus ⓘ
linked to:
Nile perch
Lates stappersii ⓘ
linked to:
Lates
Lates uwisarae ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Lates niloticus
ⓘ
linked to:
Nile perch
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek word "latos" ⓘ |
| notableFor | including the Nile perch ⓘ |
| order | Perciformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Latidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | top predator ⓘ |
| usedAs | game fish ⓘ |
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: Lates Description of subject: Lates is a genus of large predatory freshwater and brackish-water fishes in the family Latidae, best known for including the economically important Nile perch.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.