Atherinidae
E246030
Atherinidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atherinidae canonical | 25 |
| Atherininae | 1 |
| Atherinoidei | 1 |
| Atherinomorinae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2223335 — 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: Atherinidae Context triple: [Atheriniformes, containsFamily, Atherinidae]
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A.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
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B.
Derichthyidae
Derichthyidae is a family of deep-sea eel-like fishes within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as longneck eels.
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C.
Paralichthyidae
Paralichthyidae is a family of large, bottom-dwelling flatfishes commonly known as sand flounders or large-tooth flounders, many of which are important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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D.
Liparidae
Liparidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as snailfishes, characterized by their soft, gelatinous bodies and adaptation to deep-sea and cold-water environments.
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E.
Clupeidae
Clupeidae is a family of small, schooling, mostly marine fish that includes herrings, sardines, and shads, many of which are ecologically and commercially important.
- 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: Atherinidae Target entity description: Atherinidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
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A.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
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B.
Derichthyidae
Derichthyidae is a family of deep-sea eel-like fishes within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as longneck eels.
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C.
Paralichthyidae
Paralichthyidae is a family of large, bottom-dwelling flatfishes commonly known as sand flounders or large-tooth flounders, many of which are important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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D.
Liparidae
Liparidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as snailfishes, characterized by their soft, gelatinous bodies and adaptation to deep-sea and cold-water environments.
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E.
Clupeidae
Clupeidae is a family of small, schooling, mostly marine fish that includes herrings, sardines, and shads, many of which are ecologically and commercially important.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyShape |
elongate
ⓘ
slender ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | silversides ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
ⓘ
plankton ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
temperate regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | forage fish ⓘ |
| eggCharacteristic | adhesive filaments ⓘ |
| eggType | demersal eggs ⓘ |
| finType |
soft-rayed dorsal fins
ⓘ
two separate dorsal fins ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish waters
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freshwater ⓘ marine waters ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ray-finned
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silvery coloration ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alepidomus
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Atherina ⓘ Atherinella ⓘ Atherinomorus ⓘ Atherinopsis ⓘ Atherinosoma ⓘ Craterocephalus ⓘ Hypoatherina ⓘ Iso ⓘ Kestratherina ⓘ Leuresthes ⓘ Melanatherina ⓘ Menidia ⓘ Pseudomugil ⓘ
linked to:
Pseudomugilidae
Stenatherina ⓘ Teramulus ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Atherinoidei
ⓘ
linked to:
Atheriniformes
|
| importance |
ecologically important as prey for larger fishes and seabirds
ⓘ
includes species of local commercial and recreational interest ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| maximumSize | about 30 centimeters in length ⓘ |
| order | Atheriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern ichthyological classification ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| sensorySystem | lateral line system reduced or absent ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalSize | a few centimeters in length ⓘ |
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: Atherinidae Description of subject: Atherinidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.