Poecilia
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Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poecilia sphenops | 3 |
| Poecilia velifera | 3 |
| Poecilia canonical | 2 |
| Poecilia latipinna | 2 |
| Micropoecilia picta | 1 |
| Poecilia formosa | 1 |
| Poecilia mexicana | 1 |
| Poecilia reticulata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2396312 — 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: Poecilia Context triple: [Cyprinodontiformes, notableGenus, Poecilia]
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A.
Goldfish
Goldfish is a popular snack brand best known for its small, fish-shaped crackers often marketed toward children.
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B.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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C.
Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio is the common carp, a widespread freshwater fish species important in aquaculture, angling, and ornamental varieties such as koi.
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D.
Oreochromis
Oreochromis is a genus of African cichlid fishes that includes several important tilapia species widely farmed for food in freshwater aquaculture.
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E.
Nile tilapia
Nile tilapia is a widely farmed freshwater fish species native to African river systems, known for its fast growth, adaptability, and importance in global aquaculture and local fisheries.
- 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: Poecilia Target entity description: Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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A.
Goldfish
Goldfish is a popular snack brand best known for its small, fish-shaped crackers often marketed toward children.
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B.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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C.
Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio is the common carp, a widespread freshwater fish species important in aquaculture, angling, and ornamental varieties such as koi.
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D.
Oreochromis
Oreochromis is a genus of African cichlid fishes that includes several important tilapia species widely farmed for food in freshwater aquaculture.
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E.
Nile tilapia
Nile tilapia is a widely farmed freshwater fish species native to African river systems, known for its fast growth, adaptability, and importance in global aquaculture and local fisheries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily |
Poeciliinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Poeciliidae
|
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1854 ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| family | Poeciliidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | omnivorous ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | mollies and allies ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance | ornamental fish industry ⓘ |
| hasGillBreathing | true ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Poecilia formosa
ⓘ
Poecilia latipinna ⓘ Poecilia reticulata ⓘ Poecilia sphenops ⓘ
linked to:
Poecilia
Poecilia velifera ⓘ
linked to:
Poecilia
|
| hasReproductiveMode | internal fertilization ⓘ |
| hasSexualDimorphism | true ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Poecilia formosa
ⓘ
linked to:
Poecilia
Poecilia latipinna ⓘ
linked to:
Poecilia
Poecilia mexicana ⓘ
linked to:
Poecilia
Poecilia reticulata ⓘ Poecilia sphenops ⓘ
linked to:
Poecilia
Poecilia velifera ⓘ
linked to:
Poecilia
Poecilia wingei ⓘ |
| includesPopularAquariumFish |
guppies
ⓘ
mollies ⓘ |
| isPopularIn | home aquaria ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
aquarium trade
ⓘ
ecotoxicology studies ⓘ evolutionary biology studies ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeHabitat |
brackish water
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Poeciliidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionType | live-bearing ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalSize | small freshwater fish ⓘ |
| waterPreference | tropical ⓘ |
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: Poecilia Description of subject: Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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