Fundulidae
E262693
Fundulidae is a family of small ray-finned fishes commonly known as topminnows and killifishes, found primarily in freshwater and coastal habitats of North and Central America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fundulidae canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2396283 — 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: Fundulidae Context triple: [Cyprinodontiformes, hasMember, Fundulidae]
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A.
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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B.
Bedotiidae
Bedotiidae is a family of freshwater fishes known as Madagascar rainbowfishes, endemic to Madagascar and noted for their bright coloration and ecological specialization.
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C.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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D.
Doradidae
Doradidae is a family of South American freshwater catfishes commonly known as thorny or talking catfishes, noted for their bony armor and ability to produce sounds.
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E.
Moringuidae
Moringuidae is a family of slender, burrowing eels commonly known as spaghetti or worm eels, found in tropical and subtropical marine and brackish waters.
- 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: Fundulidae Target entity description: Fundulidae is a family of small ray-finned fishes commonly known as topminnows and killifishes, found primarily in freshwater and coastal habitats of North and Central America.
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A.
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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B.
Bedotiidae
Bedotiidae is a family of freshwater fishes known as Madagascar rainbowfishes, endemic to Madagascar and noted for their bright coloration and ecological specialization.
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C.
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is the biological family that comprises walruses, large marine mammals known for their long tusks and Arctic habitat.
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D.
Doradidae
Doradidae is a family of South American freshwater catfishes commonly known as thorny or talking catfishes, noted for their bony armor and ability to produce sounds.
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E.
Moringuidae
Moringuidae is a family of slender, burrowing eels commonly known as spaghetti or worm eels, found in tropical and subtropical marine and brackish waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Teleostei ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
killifishes
ⓘ
topminnows ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Adinia
ⓘ
Chriopeoides ⓘ Fundulus ⓘ Leptolucania ⓘ Lucania ⓘ Plancterus ⓘ Tigriopus fundulus group (Fundulus) ⓘ
linked to:
Fundulus
|
| describedAs | family of small ray-finned fishes ⓘ |
| diet |
insect larvae
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ small crustaceans ⓘ |
| distribution |
Central America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | insect control in aquatic ecosystems ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | New World ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish water
ⓘ
coastal habitats ⓘ freshwater ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
often found near water surface (topminnows)
ⓘ
ray-finned ⓘ small body size ⓘ surface-oriented swimmers ⓘ |
| hasFinType |
anal fin
ⓘ
caudal fin ⓘ dorsal fin ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Fundulus (type genus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fundulus
|
| notableSpecies |
Fundulus chrysotus
ⓘ
linked to:
Fundulus
Fundulus diaphanus ⓘ
linked to:
Fundulus
Fundulus grandis ⓘ
linked to:
Fundulus
Fundulus heteroclitus ⓘ
linked to:
Fundulus
|
| order | Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| salinityTolerance |
brackish
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ occasionally marine ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Fundulus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aquarium trade
ⓘ
ecotoxicology studies ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
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: Fundulidae Description of subject: Fundulidae is a family of small ray-finned fishes commonly known as topminnows and killifishes, found primarily in freshwater and coastal habitats of North and Central America.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.