Odonus niger
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Odonus niger, commonly known as the redtoothed triggerfish or Niger triggerfish, is a brightly colored marine fish popular in tropical reef aquariums and found widely across Indo-Pacific coral reefs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Odonus niger canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4411318 — 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: Odonus niger Context triple: [Balistidae, notableSpecies, Odonus niger]
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A.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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B.
Apis nigrocincta
Apis nigrocincta is a species of cavity-nesting honey bee native to parts of Southeast Asia, known for its close similarity to the western honey bee and its role in regional pollination.
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C.
Eudocimus
Eudocimus is a genus of wading birds in the ibis family, best known for including the brightly colored scarlet ibis and related species.
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D.
Aquila fasciata
Aquila fasciata, commonly known as the Bonelli's eagle, is a medium-to-large bird of prey found in parts of southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, known for its powerful build and agile hunting.
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E.
Guttera verreauxi
Guttera verreauxi, commonly known as the eastern crested guineafowl, is a ground-dwelling African bird distinguished by its black plumage with white spots and a prominent curly crest.
- 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: Odonus niger Target entity description: Odonus niger, commonly known as the redtoothed triggerfish or Niger triggerfish, is a brightly colored marine fish popular in tropical reef aquariums and found widely across Indo-Pacific coral reefs.
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A.
Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa ocellata, commonly known as the malleefowl, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird famous for incubating its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.
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B.
Apis nigrocincta
Apis nigrocincta is a species of cavity-nesting honey bee native to parts of Southeast Asia, known for its close similarity to the western honey bee and its role in regional pollination.
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C.
Eudocimus
Eudocimus is a genus of wading birds in the ibis family, best known for including the brightly colored scarlet ibis and related species.
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D.
Aquila fasciata
Aquila fasciata, commonly known as the Bonelli's eagle, is a medium-to-large bird of prey found in parts of southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, known for its powerful build and agile hunting.
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E.
Guttera verreauxi
Guttera verreauxi, commonly known as the eastern crested guineafowl, is a ground-dwelling African bird distinguished by its black plumage with white spots and a prominent curly crest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
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marine ray-finned fish ⓘ triggerfish ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| aquariumDifficulty | suitable for intermediate marine aquarists ⓘ |
| aquariumTrade | popular marine aquarium fish ⓘ |
| bodyColor |
blue-green
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dark blue ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
Niger triggerfish
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redtoothed triggerfish ⓘ |
| describedBy | Eduard Rüppell ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
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small crustaceans ⓘ zooplankton ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
deeply forked tail
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elongated caudal fin lobes ⓘ red teeth ⓘ |
| distribution | widespread in Indo-Pacific coral reefs ⓘ |
| family | Balistidae ⓘ |
| finType | strong first dorsal spine (trigger) ⓘ |
| genus | Odonus ⓘ |
| geographicZone | tropical ⓘ |
| habitat |
coral reef
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tropical marine waters ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 50 cm ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
East African coast
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linked to:
Swahili Coast
Great Barrier Reef ⓘ Indo-Pacific Ocean ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| order | Tetraodontiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reefCompatibility | may nip at small invertebrates ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
forms large aggregations in the water column
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schooling ⓘ |
| spawningBehavior | pelagic spawner ⓘ |
| swimmingZone | midwater above reef slopes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temperament | generally less aggressive than many other triggerfish ⓘ |
| typicalLength | 20–30 cm ⓘ |
| waterDepthRange | outer reef slopes and drop-offs ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1836 ⓘ |
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: Odonus niger Description of subject: Odonus niger, commonly known as the redtoothed triggerfish or Niger triggerfish, is a brightly colored marine fish popular in tropical reef aquariums and found widely across Indo-Pacific coral reefs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.