Clarias
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Clarias is a genus of airbreathing catfishes commonly known as walking catfish, found in freshwater habitats across Africa and Asia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clarias batrachus | 2 |
| Clarias gariepinus | 2 |
| Clarias canonical | 1 |
| Clarias anguillaris | 1 |
| Clarias macrocephalus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541639 — 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: Clarias Context triple: [Clariidae, includesGenus, Clarias]
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A.
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum, commonly known as the silver arowana, is a large South American freshwater fish prized in aquariums for its metallic sheen, elongated body, and surface-feeding, jumping behavior.
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B.
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.
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C.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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D.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
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E.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as the oriental weather loach, is a small, eel-like freshwater fish native to East Asia and popular in aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
- 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: Clarias Target entity description: Clarias is a genus of airbreathing catfishes commonly known as walking catfish, found in freshwater habitats across Africa and Asia.
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A.
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum, commonly known as the silver arowana, is a large South American freshwater fish prized in aquariums for its metallic sheen, elongated body, and surface-feeding, jumping behavior.
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B.
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.
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C.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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D.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
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E.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as the oriental weather loach, is a small, eel-like freshwater fish native to East Asia and popular in aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
airbreathing catfishes
ⓘ
walking catfishes ⓘ |
| diet |
omnivorous
ⓘ
opportunistic feeder ⓘ |
| distribution |
South Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ subtropical Africa ⓘ tropical Africa ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
predator
ⓘ
prey for larger fishes and birds ⓘ scavenger ⓘ |
| economicUse |
aquaculture species
ⓘ
fisheries resource ⓘ food fish ⓘ |
| environmentalTolerance |
low-oxygen waters
ⓘ
polluted waters ⓘ stagnant waters ⓘ |
| family | Clariidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
floodplains
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ability to move over land
ⓘ
airbreathing ⓘ benthic ⓘ elongated body ⓘ facultative air-breather ⓘ four pairs of barbels ⓘ freshwater ⓘ long dorsal fin ⓘ scaleless body ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | walking over land using pectoral fins ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Clarias anguillaris
ⓘ
linked to:
Clarias
Clarias batrachus ⓘ
linked to:
Clarias
Clarias gariepinus ⓘ
linked to:
Clarias
Clarias macrocephalus ⓘ
linked to:
Clarias
|
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Clariidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respiration |
gills
ⓘ
suprabranchial organ ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Clarias Description of subject: Clarias is a genus of airbreathing catfishes commonly known as walking catfish, found in freshwater habitats across Africa and Asia.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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