Exocoetidae
E249208
Exocoetidae is the family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as flying fishes, famous for their enlarged pectoral fins that allow them to glide above the water’s surface.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exocoetidae canonical | 16 |
| Exocoetus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2260501 — 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: Exocoetidae Context triple: [Beloniformes, includesFamily, Exocoetidae]
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A.
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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B.
Otidiformes
Otidiformes is an order of large, ground-dwelling birds known as bustards, found mainly in open grassland and semi-arid habitats across the Old World.
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C.
Procellariidae
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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D.
Fregatidae
Fregatidae is a family of large seabirds known as frigatebirds, characterized by their long wings, forked tails, and the males’ distinctive inflatable red throat pouches.
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E.
Suliformes
Suliformes is an order of modern seabirds that includes cormorants, boobies, gannets, frigatebirds, and related species adapted to aquatic life.
- 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: Exocoetidae Target entity description: Exocoetidae is the family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as flying fishes, famous for their enlarged pectoral fins that allow them to glide above the water’s surface.
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A.
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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B.
Otidiformes
Otidiformes is an order of large, ground-dwelling birds known as bustards, found mainly in open grassland and semi-arid habitats across the Old World.
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C.
Procellariidae
Procellariidae is a family of seabirds that includes petrels, shearwaters, and fulmars, known for their long-distance oceanic flight and tube-shaped nostrils.
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D.
Fregatidae
Fregatidae is a family of large seabirds known as frigatebirds, characterized by their long wings, forked tails, and the males’ distinctive inflatable red throat pouches.
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E.
Suliformes
Suliformes is an order of modern seabirds that includes cormorants, boobies, gannets, frigatebirds, and related species adapted to aquatic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal feeding ⓘ |
| bodyShape | fusiform ⓘ |
| characteristic |
ability to glide above water surface
ⓘ
enlarged pectoral fins ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
used as bait in fisheries
ⓘ
used as food fish in some regions ⓘ |
| commonName | flying fishes ⓘ |
| contains |
Cheilopogon
ⓘ
Cypselurus ⓘ Exocoetus ⓘ
linked to:
Exocoetidae
Fodiator ⓘ Hirundichthys ⓘ Oxyporhamphus ⓘ Parexocoetus ⓘ
linked to:
Hirundichthys
Prognichthys ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | featured in maritime folklore ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | escaping predators by gliding above water ⓘ |
| diet |
plankton
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small fish ⓘ small marine invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical oceans
ⓘ
tropical oceans ⓘ warm temperate oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | prey for larger pelagic predators ⓘ |
| eggLayingBehavior | eggs attached to floating objects ⓘ |
| environment | pelagic zone ⓘ |
| finSpecialization | pectoral fins act as wings during gliding ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine environment
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
gliding
ⓘ
swimming ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
elongated lower caudal fin lobe in many species
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streamlined body for gliding ⓘ |
| notableBehavior | multiple successive glides above water surface ⓘ |
| numberOfGenera | about 7 to 9 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpecies | more than 60 ⓘ |
| order | Beloniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| scientificStudyField | ichthyology ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
air for gliding
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water for swimming ⓘ |
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: Exocoetidae Description of subject: Exocoetidae is the family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as flying fishes, famous for their enlarged pectoral fins that allow them to glide above the water’s surface.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Exocoetidae