Clariidae
E230171
Clariidae is a family of airbreathing catfishes known for their elongated bodies, ability to survive in low-oxygen waters, and in some species, to move short distances over land.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clariidae canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2045445 — 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: Clariidae Context triple: [Siluriformes, contains, Clariidae]
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A.
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as Old World warblers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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B.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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C.
Prunellidae
Prunellidae is a family of small, primarily Eurasian passerine birds known as accentors, which inhabit montane and temperate habitats.
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D.
Cinclidae
Cinclidae is a small family of aquatic songbirds known as dippers, which are adapted to foraging in fast-flowing streams and rivers.
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E.
Sylvioidea
Sylvioidea is a large superfamily of passerine birds that includes many warblers, babblers, and related songbirds found across much of the world.
- 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: Clariidae Target entity description: Clariidae is a family of airbreathing catfishes known for their elongated bodies, ability to survive in low-oxygen waters, and in some species, to move short distances over land.
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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.
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as Old World warblers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
Nandiniidae
Nandiniidae is a small family of African carnivorous mammals best known for the African palm civet, a solitary, arboreal species with a cat-like appearance.
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D.
Prunellidae
Prunellidae is a family of small, primarily Eurasian passerine birds known as accentors, which inhabit montane and temperate habitats.
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E.
Cinclidae
Cinclidae is a small family of aquatic songbirds known as dippers, which are adapted to foraging in fast-flowing streams and rivers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
catfish family
ⓘ
fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
ability to breathe atmospheric oxygen
ⓘ
tolerance to hypoxic waters ⓘ |
| bodyShape | eel-like ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | airbreathing catfishes ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
benthic feeder
ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ |
| economicUse |
aquaculture species
ⓘ
fisheries resource ⓘ food fish ⓘ |
| finCharacteristic |
long anal fin
ⓘ
long dorsal fin ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ introduced populations in other regions ⓘ southern Asia ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| habitat |
floodplains
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ marshes ⓘ slow-moving rivers ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ability to move short distances over land
ⓘ
ability to survive in low-oxygen waters ⓘ airbreathing ⓘ elongated body ⓘ |
| hasOrgan | suprabranchial organ ⓘ |
| hasStructure | barbels around mouth ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Bathyclarias
ⓘ
Channallabes ⓘ Clarias ⓘ Dinotopterus ⓘ Gymnallabes ⓘ Heterobranchus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movementAbility | can move over moist land for short distances ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Clarias batrachus
ⓘ
linked to:
Clarias
Clarias gariepinus ⓘ
linked to:
Clarias
|
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respirationType |
air-breathing
ⓘ
aquatic gill-breathing ⓘ |
| someSpeciesAre |
hardy
ⓘ
invasive ⓘ |
| 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: Clariidae Description of subject: Clariidae is a family of airbreathing catfishes known for their elongated bodies, ability to survive in low-oxygen waters, and in some species, to move short distances over land.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.