Austrofundulus
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Austrofundulus is a genus of small annual killifish native to seasonal freshwater habitats in northern South America.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Austrofundulus limnaeus | 2 |
| Austrofundulus canonical | 1 |
| Austrofundulus guajira | 1 |
| Austrofundulus leohoignei | 1 |
| Austrofundulus myersi | 1 |
| Austrofundulus rupununi | 1 |
| Austrofundulus transilis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11126552 — 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: Austrofundulus Context triple: [Rivulidae, notableGenus, Austrofundulus]
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A.
Rhinichthys
Rhinichthys is a genus of small freshwater minnows native to North America, commonly found in cool, fast-flowing streams and rivers.
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B.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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C.
Pteronotropis
Pteronotropis is a genus of small, colorful North American freshwater minnows commonly found in streams and rivers.
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D.
Notropis
Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
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E.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
- 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: Austrofundulus Target entity description: Austrofundulus is a genus of small annual killifish native to seasonal freshwater habitats in northern South America.
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A.
Rhinichthys
Rhinichthys is a genus of small freshwater minnows native to North America, commonly found in cool, fast-flowing streams and rivers.
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B.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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C.
Pteronotropis
Pteronotropis is a genus of small, colorful North American freshwater minnows commonly found in streams and rivers.
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D.
Notropis
Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
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E.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus of fish
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation | survives dry season as dormant eggs ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| climateZone | tropical ⓘ |
| commonName | annual killifish ⓘ |
| describedBy | George S. Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Caribbean coastal drainages of northern South America
ⓘ
Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Orinoco Basin
|
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
prey for aquatic birds ⓘ |
| eggAdaptation | diapause in eggs ⓘ |
| eggEnvironment | substrate-buried eggs ⓘ |
| family | Rivulidae ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| foundInContinent | South America ⓘ |
| foundInCountry |
Colombia
ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ |
| habitat |
savanna pools
ⓘ
seasonal freshwater habitats ⓘ temporary ponds ⓘ |
| hasDevelopmentalFeature | embryonic diapause ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Austrofundulus guajira
ⓘ
linked to:
Austrofundulus
Austrofundulus leohoignei ⓘ
linked to:
Austrofundulus
Austrofundulus limnaeus ⓘ
linked to:
Austrofundulus
Austrofundulus myersi ⓘ
linked to:
Austrofundulus
Austrofundulus rupununi ⓘ
linked to:
Austrofundulus
Austrofundulus transilis ⓘ
linked to:
Austrofundulus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleType | annual ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Colombia
ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ northern South America ⓘ |
| notableModelSpecies |
Austrofundulus limnaeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Austrofundulus
|
| order | Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model for developmental biology
ⓘ
model for vertebrate stress tolerance ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| 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: Austrofundulus Description of subject: Austrofundulus is a genus of small annual killifish native to seasonal freshwater habitats in northern South America.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Austrofundulus
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linked to: Austrofundulus