Tetrarogidae
E242003
Tetrarogidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as waspfishes, characterized by their venomous spines and bottom-dwelling habits in Indo-Pacific coastal waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tetrarogidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2178411 — 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: Tetrarogidae Context triple: [Scorpaeniformes, includes, Tetrarogidae]
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A.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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B.
Maluridae
Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
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C.
Hydrobatidae
Hydrobatidae is a family of small, oceanic seabirds known as storm petrels, which spend most of their lives at sea and are adapted to a pelagic lifestyle.
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D.
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of long-legged wading birds, including avocets and stilts, known for their slender upcurved bills and preference for shallow wetlands.
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E.
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as Old World warblers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- 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: Tetrarogidae Target entity description: Tetrarogidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as waspfishes, characterized by their venomous spines and bottom-dwelling habits in Indo-Pacific coastal waters.
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A.
Dicruridae
Dicruridae is a family of passerine birds commonly known as drongos, found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Australasia and noted for their glossy plumage, long forked tails, and often aggressive, fearless behavior.
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B.
Maluridae
Maluridae is a family of small, often brightly colored passerine birds commonly known as fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens, native primarily to Australia and nearby regions.
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C.
Hydrobatidae
Hydrobatidae is a family of small, oceanic seabirds known as storm petrels, which spend most of their lives at sea and are adapted to a pelagic lifestyle.
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D.
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of long-legged wading birds, including avocets and stilts, known for their slender upcurved bills and preference for shallow wetlands.
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E.
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as Old World warblers, found across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxonomic family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | often nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodySize | small to medium-sized fishes ⓘ |
| camouflageStrategy | resembling surrounding substrate ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | waspfishes ⓘ |
| contains | various genera of waspfishes ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | venomous fin spines ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ |
| distribution |
Indo-Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Pacific Ocean
subtropical waters ⓘ tropical waters ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | benthic predator ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| foundIn |
coastal shelf zones
ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ |
| habitat |
Indo-Pacific region
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marine coastal waters ⓘ reef-associated environments ⓘ rubble bottoms ⓘ sandy bottoms ⓘ shallow coastal areas ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bottom-dwelling behavior
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cryptic coloration ⓘ large head ⓘ laterally compressed body ⓘ venomous spines ⓘ well-developed fin spines ⓘ |
| isA |
benthic fish family
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marine fish family ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | demersal ⓘ |
| order | Scorpaeniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Scorpaenidae
ⓘ
Synanceiidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| venomLocation |
anal fin spines
ⓘ
dorsal fin spines ⓘ pelvic fin spines ⓘ |
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: Tetrarogidae Description of subject: Tetrarogidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as waspfishes, characterized by their venomous spines and bottom-dwelling habits in Indo-Pacific coastal waters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.