Rivulidae
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Rivulidae is a family of small, often brightly colored killifishes commonly found in freshwater and brackish habitats of the Neotropics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rivulidae canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2396290 — 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: Rivulidae Context triple: [Cyprinodontiformes, hasMember, Rivulidae]
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A.
Balitoridae
Balitoridae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in fast-flowing streams of Asia and adapted to cling to rocks in strong currents.
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B.
Psilorhynchidae
Psilorhynchidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as torrent minnows, adapted to fast-flowing streams in South and Southeast Asia.
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C.
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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D.
Clariidae
Clariidae is a family of airbreathing catfishes known for their elongated bodies, ability to survive in low-oxygen waters, and in some species, to move short distances over land.
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E.
Siluridae
Siluridae is a family of freshwater catfishes commonly known as sheatfishes, found primarily in Eurasia and characterized by elongated bodies and reduced or absent scales.
- 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: Rivulidae Target entity description: Rivulidae is a family of small, often brightly colored killifishes commonly found in freshwater and brackish habitats of the Neotropics.
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A.
Balitoridae
Balitoridae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in fast-flowing streams of Asia and adapted to cling to rocks in strong currents.
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B.
Psilorhynchidae
Psilorhynchidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as torrent minnows, adapted to fast-flowing streams in South and Southeast Asia.
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C.
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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D.
Clariidae
Clariidae is a family of airbreathing catfishes known for their elongated bodies, ability to survive in low-oxygen waters, and in some species, to move short distances over land.
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E.
Siluridae
Siluridae is a family of freshwater catfishes commonly known as sheatfishes, found primarily in Eurasia and characterized by elongated bodies and reduced or absent scales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| coloration | often brightly colored ⓘ |
| commonName |
New World killifishes
ⓘ
rivulids ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species threatened by habitat loss ⓘ |
| contains | many species with restricted geographic ranges ⓘ |
| diet |
insect larvae
ⓘ
small invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
Neotropics
ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
|
| ecologicalRole | insect predators ⓘ |
| eggAdaptation | eggs capable of surviving seasonal drought in some species ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish water
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| includes |
annual killifishes
ⓘ
non-annual killifishes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean region
ⓘ
linked to:
Caribbean
Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Anablepsoides
ⓘ
Austrofundulus ⓘ Cynodonichthys ⓘ Laimosemion ⓘ Rivulus ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cyprinodontidae
ⓘ
Nothobranchiidae ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model group for studies of adaptation to temporary waters
ⓘ
model group for studies of annual life cycles ⓘ |
| systematicsNote | classification and generic limits have been revised multiple times ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment |
floodplains
ⓘ
streams ⓘ swamps ⓘ temporary pools ⓘ |
| vernacularGrouping | killifishes ⓘ |
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: Rivulidae Description of subject: Rivulidae is a family of small, often brightly colored killifishes commonly found in freshwater and brackish habitats of the Neotropics.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.