Siluridae
E230168
Siluridae is a family of freshwater catfishes commonly known as sheatfishes, found primarily in Eurasia and characterized by elongated bodies and reduced or absent scales.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Siluridae canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2045441 — 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: Siluridae Context triple: [Siluriformes, contains, Siluridae]
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A.
Oceanitidae
Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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D.
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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E.
Siluriformes
Siluriformes is the diverse order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as catfishes, characterized by barbels resembling whiskers and often bottom-dwelling habits in freshwater and some marine environments.
- 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: Siluridae Target entity description: Siluridae is a family of freshwater catfishes commonly known as sheatfishes, found primarily in Eurasia and characterized by elongated bodies and reduced or absent scales.
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A.
Balitoridae
Balitoridae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in fast-flowing streams of Asia and adapted to cling to rocks in strong currents.
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B.
Cobitidae
Cobitidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes commonly known as loaches, found primarily in Eurasia and known for their elongated bodies and barbels around the mouth.
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C.
Danionidae
Danionidae is a family of small freshwater ray-finned fishes, including popular aquarium species like danios and rasboras, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
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Gobionidae
Gobionidae is a family of small freshwater fishes commonly known as gudgeons, primarily distributed across Eurasian rivers and streams.
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E.
Esociformes
Esociformes is an order of primarily freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes pikes and mudminnows, known for their elongated bodies and predatory habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
catfish family
ⓘ
fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyShape | laterally compressed in many species ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
sheatfish family
ⓘ
sheatfishes ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
piscivorous ⓘ |
| economicUse |
aquaculture
ⓘ
food fish ⓘ recreational angling ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater floodplains
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lakes ⓘ large lowland rivers ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
barbels around mouth
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benthic lifestyle ⓘ elongated body ⓘ freshwater ⓘ no adipose fin in many species ⓘ reduced scales ⓘ scaleless body in many species ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Belodontichthys
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linked to:
Belodontichthys dinema
Kryptopterus ⓘ Micronema ⓘ Ompok ⓘ Phalacronotus ⓘ Silurus ⓘ Wallago ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Belodontichthys dinema
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Kryptopterus bicirrhis ⓘ
linked to:
Kryptopterus vitreolus
Kryptopterus vitreolus ⓘ Ompok pabda ⓘ Silurus aristotelis ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus glanis
Silurus asotus ⓘ Silurus glanis ⓘ Wallago attu ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | wels catfish ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Siluriformes
ⓘ
Siluroidei ⓘ
linked to:
Siluriformes
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Siluridae Description of subject: Siluridae is a family of freshwater catfishes commonly known as sheatfishes, found primarily in Eurasia and characterized by elongated bodies and reduced or absent scales.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.