Profundulus
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Profundulus is a genus of small freshwater killifish native to Central America, often found in streams and springs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Profundulus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11108572 — 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: Profundulus Context triple: [Profundulidae, containsGenus, Profundulus]
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A.
Mutilus
Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
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B.
Squalidus
Squalidus is a genus of small freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
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C.
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.
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D.
Bathyclarias
Bathyclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfish native to African freshwater habitats, particularly deep waters of Lake Malawi.
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E.
Hiodon
Hiodon is a genus of freshwater fishes known as mooneyes, native to North American rivers and lakes.
- 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: Profundulus Target entity description: Profundulus is a genus of small freshwater killifish native to Central America, often found in streams and springs.
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A.
Mutilus
Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
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B.
Squalidus
Squalidus is a genus of small freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
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C.
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.
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D.
Bathyclarias
Bathyclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfish native to African freshwater habitats, particularly deep waters of Lake Malawi.
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E.
Hiodon
Hiodon is a genus of freshwater fishes known as mooneyes, native to North American rivers and lakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Profundulidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyForm | elongated body ⓘ |
| characteristic | small-sized fishes ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | Profundulus killifish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species locally threatened ⓘ |
| distribution |
El Salvador
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole | part of freshwater stream ecosystems ⓘ |
| family | Profundulidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingType |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| finType | single dorsal fin ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
springs ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Profundulus adani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Profundulus candalarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus chimalapensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus guatemalensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus hermosus NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus hildebrandi NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus kreiseri NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus labialis NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus mixtlanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus oaxacae NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus parentiae NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus portillorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Profundulus punctatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Central America ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Profundulidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeOf | killifish ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment | clear, well-oxygenated waters ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Profundulus Description of subject: Profundulus is a genus of small freshwater killifish native to Central America, often found in streams and springs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.