Dentatherinidae
E246036
Dentatherinidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes within the order Atheriniformes, comprising specialized silverside-like species found in marine and brackish waters.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dentatherina | 1 |
| Dentatherina merceri | 1 |
| Dentatherinidae canonical | 1 |
| dentatherinids | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2223342 — 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: Dentatherinidae Context triple: [Atheriniformes, containsFamily, Dentatherinidae]
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A.
Trichodontidae
Trichodontidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as sandfishes, found in cold coastal waters of the North Pacific.
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B.
Acheilognathidae
Acheilognathidae is a family of small freshwater ray-finned fishes, commonly known as bitterlings, native mainly to East Asia and parts of Europe.
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C.
Entosphenus
Entosphenus is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys that includes several parasitic and anadromous species found primarily in North American freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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D.
Hypsiprymnodontidae
Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of small, primitive marsupials known as musky rat-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia.
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E.
Cetancodonta
Cetancodonta is a mammalian clade that unites whales, dolphins, and porpoises with their closest living terrestrial relatives, the hippopotamuses.
- 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: Dentatherinidae Target entity description: Dentatherinidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes within the order Atheriniformes, comprising specialized silverside-like species found in marine and brackish waters.
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A.
Trichodontidae
Trichodontidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as sandfishes, found in cold coastal waters of the North Pacific.
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B.
Acheilognathidae
Acheilognathidae is a family of small freshwater ray-finned fishes, commonly known as bitterlings, native mainly to East Asia and parts of Europe.
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C.
Entosphenus
Entosphenus is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys that includes several parasitic and anadromous species found primarily in North American freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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D.
Hypsiprymnodontidae
Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of small, primitive marsupials known as musky rat-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia.
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E.
Cetancodonta
Cetancodonta is a mammalian clade that unites whales, dolphins, and porpoises with their closest living terrestrial relatives, the hippopotamuses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
dentatherinids
ⓘ
linked to:
Dentatherinidae
|
| containsGenus |
Dentatherina
ⓘ
linked to:
Dentatherinidae
|
| describedAs | small family of ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
| distribution | Indo-Pacific region ⓘ |
| environment |
coastal waters
ⓘ
tropical marine ⓘ |
| feedingType | planktivorous ⓘ |
| foundIn |
coral reef-associated habitats
ⓘ
lagoons ⓘ nearshore waters ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish waters
ⓘ
marine waters ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
elongate body
ⓘ
ray-finned ⓘ silverside-like ⓘ small body size ⓘ specialized morphology within Atheriniformes ⓘ transparent to translucent body ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies |
Dentatherina merceri
ⓘ
linked to:
Dentatherinidae
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Atheriniformes ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Dentatherina ⓘ |
| order | Atheriniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | ichthyologists as distinct family ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Atherinidae
ⓘ
Isonidae ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | pelagic eggs ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | small pelagic planktivore ⓘ |
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: Dentatherinidae Description of subject: Dentatherinidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes within the order Atheriniformes, comprising specialized silverside-like species found in marine and brackish waters.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dentatherinidae
linked to: Dentatherinidae
linked to: Dentatherinidae