Muraenolepididae
E782270
Muraenolepididae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes, commonly known as eel cods, found primarily in cold Southern Ocean waters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muraenolepis | 2 |
| Muraenolepididae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9175506 — 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: Muraenolepididae Context triple: [Gadiformes, hasMember, Muraenolepididae]
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A.
Muraenesocidae
Muraenesocidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine eels commonly known as pike congers, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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B.
Adrianichthyidae
Adrianichthyidae is a family of small freshwater fishes commonly known as ricefishes or medakas, native primarily to Southeast Asia and often found in shallow, slow-moving waters.
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C.
Hiodontidae
Hiodontidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as mooneyes, native to North America and characterized by their silvery bodies and large eyes.
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D.
Leptosomiformes
Leptosomiformes is an order of birds that includes the cuckoo-roller, a distinctive species endemic to Madagascar and nearby islands.
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E.
Myrocongridae
Myrocongridae is a small family of eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as thin eels, found in marine environments.
- 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: Muraenolepididae Target entity description: Muraenolepididae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes, commonly known as eel cods, found primarily in cold Southern Ocean waters.
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A.
Muraenesocidae
Muraenesocidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine eels commonly known as pike congers, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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B.
Adrianichthyidae
Adrianichthyidae is a family of small freshwater fishes commonly known as ricefishes or medakas, native primarily to Southeast Asia and often found in shallow, slow-moving waters.
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C.
Hiodontidae
Hiodontidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as mooneyes, native to North America and characterized by their silvery bodies and large eyes.
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D.
Leptosomiformes
Leptosomiformes is an order of birds that includes the cuckoo-roller, a distinctive species endemic to Madagascar and nearby islands.
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E.
Myrocongridae
Myrocongridae is a small family of eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as thin eels, found in marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Osteichthyes
ⓘ
Teleostei ⓘ |
| bodyShape | eel-like ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | eel cods ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Muraenolepis
ⓘ
linked to:
Muraenolepididae
|
| depthRange |
hundreds of meters
ⓘ
up to more than 1000 meters ⓘ |
| distribution |
Antarctic waters
ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ sub-Antarctic waters ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole |
benthic predator
ⓘ
part of Southern Ocean food web ⓘ |
| environment | marine ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| foundIn |
continental slope regions
ⓘ
deep shelf regions ⓘ |
| habitat |
benthic zone
ⓘ
deep sea ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
barbels near mouth
ⓘ
cod-like head ⓘ elongated body ⓘ reduced or absent scales ⓘ |
| hasDorsalNerveCord | true ⓘ |
| hasJaw | true ⓘ |
| hasNotochord | true ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | demersal ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| namedAfterGenus |
Muraenolepis
ⓘ
linked to:
Muraenolepididae
|
| order | Gadiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| resembles |
cods
ⓘ
eels ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonComposition | bone ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| symmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | ectothermic ⓘ |
| waterTemperaturePreference | cold waters ⓘ |
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: Muraenolepididae Description of subject: Muraenolepididae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes, commonly known as eel cods, found primarily in cold Southern Ocean waters.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Muraenolepididae
linked to: Muraenolepididae