Ostraciidae
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Ostraciidae is a family of boxfishes known for their rigid, box-like bony carapace and often bright, patterned coloration in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ostraciidae canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2361360 — 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: Ostraciidae Context triple: [Tetraodontiformes, notableFamily, Ostraciidae]
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A.
Gasterosteoidei
Gasterosteoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes that includes sticklebacks and their close relatives, characterized by spiny armor and often reduced scales.
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B.
Atherionidae
Atherionidae is a family of small marine fishes commonly known as pricklenose silversides, found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region.
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C.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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D.
Oceanitidae
Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
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E.
Charniodiscus
Charniodiscus is an extinct genus of frond-like marine organisms from the Ediacaran Period, known from soft-bodied fossils that represent some of the earliest complex multicellular 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: Ostraciidae Target entity description: Ostraciidae is a family of boxfishes known for their rigid, box-like bony carapace and often bright, patterned coloration in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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A.
Gasterosteoidei
Gasterosteoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes that includes sticklebacks and their close relatives, characterized by spiny armor and often reduced scales.
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B.
Atherionidae
Atherionidae is a family of small marine fishes commonly known as pricklenose silversides, found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region.
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C.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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D.
Oceanitidae
Oceanitidae is a family of small seabirds known as southern storm petrels, typically found over open oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
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E.
Charniodiscus
Charniodiscus is an extinct genus of frond-like marine organisms from the Ediacaran Period, known from soft-bodied fossils that represent some of the earliest complex multicellular life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyCovering | bony scutes ⓘ |
| bodyShape | triangular or box-shaped cross-section ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| colorationFunction | camouflage and warning ⓘ |
| commonName | boxfishes ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
algae grazer
ⓘ
invertebrate predator on coral reefs ⓘ |
| economicUse | marine aquarium trade ⓘ |
| environment |
benthic and demersal zones
ⓘ
reef-associated ⓘ |
| finPlacement |
dorsal and anal fins used for maneuvering
ⓘ
small pectoral fins used for propulsion ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
box-like body shape
ⓘ
often bright coloration ⓘ often patterned coloration ⓘ rigid bony carapace ⓘ |
| hasCommonNamePattern | many species called boxfish or cowfish ⓘ |
| hasDefenseMechanism |
rigid armor-like carapace
ⓘ
some species secrete toxic mucus ⓘ |
| higherTaxon | Tetraodontiformes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lacksFeature | pelvic fins ⓘ |
| locomotionCharacteristic | relatively slow swimmers ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Lactoria
ⓘ
Ostracion ⓘ Tetrosomus ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesExample |
Lactoria cornuta
ⓘ
Ostracion cubicus ⓘ
linked to:
Ostracion
|
| order | Tetraodontiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Diodontidae
ⓘ
Tetraodontidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque ⓘ |
| skeletonFeature | fused bony plates forming carapace ⓘ |
| swimmingMode | ostraciiform swimming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
subtropical marine waters
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tropical marine waters ⓘ |
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: Ostraciidae Description of subject: Ostraciidae is a family of boxfishes known for their rigid, box-like bony carapace and often bright, patterned coloration in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.