Hypomesus
E403681
Hypomesus is a genus of small smelt fishes found in cold coastal and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hypomesus canonical | 2 |
| Hypomesus olidus | 2 |
| Hypomesus transpacificus | 2 |
| Hypomesus chishimaensis | 1 |
| Hypomesus nipponensis | 1 |
| Hypomesus pretiosus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3990298 — 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: Hypomesus Context triple: [Delta smelt, genus, Hypomesus]
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A.
Entosphenus
Entosphenus is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys that includes several parasitic and anadromous species found primarily in North American freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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B.
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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C.
Heptapteridae
Heptapteridae is a family of freshwater catfishes native primarily to Central and South America, known for their elongated bodies and benthic, often nocturnal habits.
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D.
Malapteruridae
Malapteruridae is a family of electric catfishes known for their ability to generate strong electric discharges, native to freshwater habitats in Africa.
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E.
Melanogrammus
Melanogrammus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes in the cod family, best known for including the commercially important haddock.
- 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: Hypomesus Target entity description: Hypomesus is a genus of small smelt fishes found in cold coastal and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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A.
Entosphenus
Entosphenus is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys that includes several parasitic and anadromous species found primarily in North American freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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B.
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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C.
Heptapteridae
Heptapteridae is a family of freshwater catfishes native primarily to Central and South America, known for their elongated bodies and benthic, often nocturnal habits.
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D.
Malapteruridae
Malapteruridae is a family of electric catfishes known for their ability to generate strong electric discharges, native to freshwater habitats in Africa.
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E.
Melanogrammus
Melanogrammus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes in the cod family, best known for including the commercially important haddock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | smelts ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Hypomesus chishimaensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Hypomesus
Hypomesus nipponensis ⓘ
linked to:
Hypomesus
Hypomesus olidus ⓘ
linked to:
Hypomesus
Hypomesus pretiosus ⓘ
linked to:
Hypomesus
Hypomesus transpacificus ⓘ
linked to:
Hypomesus
|
| describedBy | Günther ⓘ |
| distribution | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | forage fish ⓘ |
| environment | cold water ⓘ |
| family | Osmeridae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
East Asian coastal waters
ⓘ
North American coastal waters ⓘ North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
|
| freshwater | true ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
freshwater lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
commercial fishery resource
ⓘ
recreational fishing target ⓘ |
| hasFeedingType | planktivorous ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ juvenile ⓘ larva ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| marine | true ⓘ |
| order | Osmeriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Osmeridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | spawning in shallow waters ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| size | small ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | secondary consumer ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Hypomesus olidus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hypomesus
|
| waterTemperaturePreference | cold ⓘ |
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: Hypomesus Description of subject: Hypomesus is a genus of small smelt fishes found in cold coastal and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hypomesus
linked to: Hypomesus
linked to: Hypomesus
linked to: Hypomesus
linked to: Hypomesus
linked to: Hypomesus
linked to: Hypomesus