Nettastomatidae
E230953
Nettastomatidae is a family of deep-sea eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as duckbill or witch eels, characterized by their elongated bodies and distinctive narrow snouts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nettastomatidae canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2069656 — 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: Nettastomatidae Context triple: [Anguilliformes, includes, Nettastomatidae]
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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.
Aspredinidae
Aspredinidae is a family of South American banjo catfishes known for their flattened, leaf-like bodies and bottom-dwelling habits in freshwater habitats.
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C.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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D.
Akysidae
Akysidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
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.
- 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: Nettastomatidae Target entity description: Nettastomatidae is a family of deep-sea eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as duckbill or witch eels, characterized by their elongated bodies and distinctive narrow snouts.
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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.
Aspredinidae
Aspredinidae is a family of South American banjo catfishes known for their flattened, leaf-like bodies and bottom-dwelling habits in freshwater habitats.
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C.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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D.
Akysidae
Akysidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
eels
ⓘ
ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
duckbill eels
ⓘ
witch eels ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| environment | saltwater ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
deep sea
ⓘ
marine environment ⓘ |
| hasBodyShape | anguilliform ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
deep-sea dwelling
ⓘ
duckbill-like jaws ⓘ elongated body ⓘ narrow snout ⓘ |
| hasMouthPosition | terminal ⓘ |
| hasTeeth | yes ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Facciolella
ⓘ
Hoplunnis ⓘ Nettastoma ⓘ Saurenchelys ⓘ Venefica ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| order | Anguilliformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Anguilliformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | genus ⓘ |
| 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: Nettastomatidae Description of subject: Nettastomatidae is a family of deep-sea eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as duckbill or witch eels, characterized by their elongated bodies and distinctive narrow snouts.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.