Anguillidae
E230946
Anguillidae is a family of elongated, snake-like freshwater eels that includes the common freshwater eels found in rivers and coastal regions worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anguillidae canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2069644 — 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: Anguillidae Context triple: [Anguilliformes, includes, Anguillidae]
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A.
Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes is an order of elongated, snake-like ray-finned fishes commonly known as eels, found in marine and freshwater environments worldwide.
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B.
Plotosidae
Plotosidae is a family of eel-tailed catfishes known for their elongated bodies and often venomous fin spines, found primarily in marine and freshwater habitats of the Indo-Pacific region.
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C.
Ariidae
Ariidae is a family of marine and brackish-water catfishes commonly known as sea catfishes, found in tropical and subtropical coastal regions worldwide.
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D.
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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E.
Beloniformes
Beloniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes needlefish, flying fish, and their relatives, many of which are adapted for surface-dwelling and gliding above water.
- 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: Anguillidae Target entity description: Anguillidae is a family of elongated, snake-like freshwater eels that includes the common freshwater eels found in rivers and coastal regions worldwide.
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A.
Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes is an order of elongated, snake-like ray-finned fishes commonly known as eels, found in marine and freshwater environments worldwide.
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B.
Plotosidae
Plotosidae is a family of eel-tailed catfishes known for their elongated bodies and often venomous fin spines, found primarily in marine and freshwater habitats of the Indo-Pacific region.
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C.
Ariidae
Ariidae is a family of marine and brackish-water catfishes commonly known as sea catfishes, found in tropical and subtropical coastal regions worldwide.
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D.
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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E.
Beloniformes
Beloniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes needlefish, flying fish, and their relatives, many of which are adapted for surface-dwelling and gliding above water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyShape |
eel-like
ⓘ
elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
aquaculture
ⓘ
food fish ⓘ |
| commonName | freshwater eels ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | many species threatened or endangered ⓘ |
| describedAs | elongated snake-like fishes ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ small fishes ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
important predators in freshwater ecosystems
ⓘ
important prey for larger fishes and birds ⓘ |
| finCharacteristic | continuous dorsal anal and caudal fins ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Atlantic Ocean drainage basins
ⓘ
Indian Ocean drainage basins ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Ocean drainage basin
Pacific Ocean drainage basins ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ freshwater rivers ⓘ |
| hasJaw | yes ⓘ |
| includesGenus | Anguilla ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Anguilla anguilla
ⓘ
Anguilla australis ⓘ Anguilla japonica ⓘ Anguilla rostrata ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalForm | leptocephalus ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | catadromous ⓘ |
| migrationType | long-distance oceanic migration ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
American eel
ⓘ
European eel ⓘ Japanese eel ⓘ |
| order | Anguilliformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | migratory spawning in the ocean ⓘ |
| reproductionType | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| salinityTolerance | euryhaline ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Rafinesque 1810 (family authority) ⓘ |
| skeleton | vertebral column ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| skinCharacteristic | scaleless or very small embedded scales ⓘ |
| 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: Anguillidae Description of subject: Anguillidae is a family of elongated, snake-like freshwater eels that includes the common freshwater eels found in rivers and coastal regions worldwide.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.