Salmonidae
E229085
Salmonidae is the fish family that includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes, and graylings, many of which are ecologically and economically important cold-water species.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salmonidae canonical | 38 |
| Salmoninae | 3 |
| Coregoninae | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2051745 — 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: Salmonidae Context triple: [Salmoniformes, notableFamily, Salmonidae]
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A.
Salmoniformes
Salmoniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes salmon, trout, and related species commonly found in cold freshwater and marine environments.
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B.
Cypriniformes
Cypriniformes is a large order of ray-finned freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, loaches, and related species found worldwide.
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C.
Gadiformes
Gadiformes is an order of mostly marine, bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes economically important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock.
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D.
Clupeidae
Clupeidae is a family of small, schooling, mostly marine fish that includes herrings, sardines, and shads, many of which are ecologically and commercially important.
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E.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
- 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: Salmonidae Target entity description: Salmonidae is the fish family that includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes, and graylings, many of which are ecologically and economically important cold-water species.
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A.
Salmoniformes
Salmoniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes salmon, trout, and related species commonly found in cold freshwater and marine environments.
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B.
Cypriniformes
Cypriniformes is a large order of ray-finned freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, loaches, and related species found worldwide.
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C.
Gadiformes
Gadiformes is an order of mostly marine, bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes economically important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock.
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D.
Clupeidae
Clupeidae is a family of small, schooling, mostly marine fish that includes herrings, sardines, and shads, many of which are ecologically and commercially important.
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E.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
adipose fin present
ⓘ
often spotted or patterned coloration ⓘ soft-rayed fins ⓘ streamlined body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | salmonids ⓘ |
| containsSubfamily |
Coregoninae
ⓘ
linked to:
Salmonidae
Salmoninae ⓘ
linked to:
Salmonidae
Thymallinae ⓘ |
| diet |
invertebrates
ⓘ
smaller fish ⓘ |
| distribution | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey for larger aquatic and terrestrial predators
ⓘ
top predators in freshwater ecosystems ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
aquaculture
ⓘ
commercial fisheries ⓘ recreational fisheries ⓘ |
| habitat |
anadromous environments
ⓘ
cold freshwater ⓘ temperate freshwater ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Salmoniformes ⓘ |
| importanceForHumans |
important food fish
ⓘ
important sport fish ⓘ |
| includes |
chars
ⓘ
freshwater whitefishes ⓘ graylings ⓘ salmon ⓘ trout ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeHistory | many species are anadromous ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Coregonus
ⓘ
Oncorhynchus ⓘ Salmo ⓘ Salvelinus ⓘ
linked to:
Trout
Thymallus ⓘ |
| order | Salmoniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | spawn in freshwater ⓘ |
| scientificName | Salmonidae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threats |
climate change
ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ overfishing ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Salmo salar
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic salmon
|
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: Salmonidae Description of subject: Salmonidae is the fish family that includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes, and graylings, many of which are ecologically and economically important cold-water species.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Salmonidae
linked to: Salmonidae
linked to: Salmonidae
subject linked to:
westlope cutthroat trout
linked to: Salmonidae
linked to: Salmonidae