Platycephalidae
E241991
Platycephalidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as flatheads, characterized by their flattened heads and bottom-dwelling habits in coastal waters.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Platycephalidae canonical | 7 |
| Platycephaloidei | 1 |
| Platycephalus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2178398 — 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: Platycephalidae Context triple: [Scorpaeniformes, includes, Platycephalidae]
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A.
Schilbeidae
Schilbeidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to Africa and parts of Asia, known for their slender bodies and often schooling behavior.
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B.
Pangasiidae
Pangasiidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to rivers in South and Southeast Asia, including several species important in aquaculture and food fisheries.
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C.
Gyrinocheilidae
Gyrinocheilidae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as sucking or algae-eating loaches, characterized by their specialized mouths adapted for grazing on surfaces.
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D.
Pleuronectidae
Pleuronectidae is a family of flatfishes, commonly known as righteye flounders, that includes many commercially important demersal marine species.
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E.
Psilorhynchidae
Psilorhynchidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as torrent minnows, adapted to fast-flowing streams 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: Platycephalidae Target entity description: Platycephalidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as flatheads, characterized by their flattened heads and bottom-dwelling habits in coastal waters.
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A.
Schilbeidae
Schilbeidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to Africa and parts of Asia, known for their slender bodies and often schooling behavior.
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B.
Pangasiidae
Pangasiidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to rivers in South and Southeast Asia, including several species important in aquaculture and food fisheries.
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C.
Gyrinocheilidae
Gyrinocheilidae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as sucking or algae-eating loaches, characterized by their specialized mouths adapted for grazing on surfaces.
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D.
Pleuronectidae
Pleuronectidae is a family of flatfishes, commonly known as righteye flounders, that includes many commercially important demersal marine species.
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E.
Psilorhynchidae
Psilorhynchidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as torrent minnows, adapted to fast-flowing streams in South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| behavior | ambush predator ⓘ |
| belongsToSubphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| bodyShape | dorsoventrally flattened head ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse | food fish ⓘ |
| commonName | flatheads ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ |
| distribution |
Australian coastal waters
ⓘ
Indo-Pacific region ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | demersal predator ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| finType |
caudal fin
ⓘ
pectoral fins ⓘ pelvic fins ⓘ soft dorsal fin ⓘ spiny dorsal fin ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
benthic
ⓘ
bottom-dwelling ⓘ cryptic coloration ⓘ elongate body ⓘ flattened head ⓘ marine ⓘ ray-finned ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
commercial fisheries
ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
continental shelf ⓘ muddy bottoms ⓘ sandy bottoms ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
camouflaged coloration
ⓘ
large mouth ⓘ upward-facing eyes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Cymbacephalus
ⓘ
Onigocia ⓘ Platycephalus ⓘ
linked to:
Platycephalidae
Thysanophrys ⓘ |
| order | Scorpaeniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalDepthRange |
continental shelf depths
ⓘ
shallow coastal waters ⓘ |
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: Platycephalidae Description of subject: Platycephalidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as flatheads, characterized by their flattened heads and bottom-dwelling habits in coastal waters.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Platycephalidae
linked to: Platycephalidae