Ceratiidae
E247610
Ceratiidae is a family of deep-sea anglerfishes known for their extreme sexual dimorphism and bioluminescent lures used to attract prey in the dark ocean depths.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ceratioidei | 4 |
| Ceratiidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2235746 — 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: Ceratiidae Context triple: [Lophiiformes, notableFamily, Ceratiidae]
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A.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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C.
Ereuniidae
Ereuniidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, commonly known for their bottom-dwelling, scorpionfish-like species.
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D.
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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E.
Certhiidae
Certhiidae is a family of small, tree-climbing passerine birds known as treecreepers, characterized by their slender downcurved bills and habit of spiraling up tree trunks in search of insects.
- 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: Ceratiidae Target entity description: Ceratiidae is a family of deep-sea anglerfishes known for their extreme sexual dimorphism and bioluminescent lures used to attract prey in the dark ocean depths.
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A.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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C.
Ereuniidae
Ereuniidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, commonly known for their bottom-dwelling, scorpionfish-like species.
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D.
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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E.
Certhiidae
Certhiidae is a family of small, tree-climbing passerine birds known as treecreepers, characterized by their slender downcurved bills and habit of spiraling up tree trunks in search of insects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
expandable stomach
ⓘ
large jaw gape ⓘ reduced skeletal ossification ⓘ soft, flabby body ⓘ |
| attractsPreyUsing | bioluminescent lure ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | anglerfish ⓘ |
| bodyShape | globose body ⓘ |
| characteristic |
bioluminescent esca
ⓘ
bioluminescent lure ⓘ elongated illicium ⓘ extreme sexual dimorphism ⓘ large-headed females ⓘ parasitic dwarf males ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
ceratioid anglerfishes
ⓘ
sea devils ⓘ seadevils ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | mid-trophic predator in deep-sea food webs ⓘ |
| environment | high-pressure deep-sea environment ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | ambush predator ⓘ |
| femaleMorphology | large mouth with long teeth ⓘ |
| femaleSizeRelativeToMale | females much larger than males ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| habitat |
bathypelagic zone
ⓘ
deep sea ⓘ mesopelagic zone ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lightProduction | symbiotic bioluminescent bacteria ⓘ |
| locomotion | slow swimming ⓘ |
| maleBehavior | males attach permanently to females ⓘ |
| maleMorphology | dwarf males ⓘ |
| namedBy | Charles Tate Regan ⓘ |
| notableFeature | fusion of male circulatory system with female ⓘ |
| order | Lophiiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
external fertilization
ⓘ
sexual parasitism ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | permanent male attachment to female ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphismType |
morphological dimorphism
ⓘ
size dimorphism ⓘ |
| suborder |
Ceratioidei
ⓘ
linked to:
Ceratiidae
|
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| visionAdaptation | adapted to low light conditions ⓘ |
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: Ceratiidae Description of subject: Ceratiidae is a family of deep-sea anglerfishes known for their extreme sexual dimorphism and bioluminescent lures used to attract prey in the dark ocean depths.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ceratiidae
linked to: Ceratiidae
linked to: Ceratiidae
linked to: Ceratiidae