Elopomorpha
E806952
Elopomorpha is a major group of ray-finned fishes that includes eels, tarpons, and their relatives, all characterized by a distinctive transparent leptocephalus larval stage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elopomorpha canonical | 5 |
| Elopiformes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9572152 — 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: Elopomorpha Context triple: [Nemichthyidae, superorder, Elopomorpha]
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A.
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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B.
Osmeriformes
Osmeriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes smelts and their relatives, typically small, silvery, cold-water species found in marine and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Castorimorpha
Castorimorpha is a suborder of rodents that includes beavers, pocket gophers, and kangaroo rats, characterized by their specialized digging and gnawing adaptations.
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D.
Cyprinoidei
Cyprinoidei is a large suborder of freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes carps, minnows, and related families.
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E.
Atherinomorphae
Atherinomorphae is a clade of ray-finned fishes that includes silversides, killifishes, and livebearers, many of which inhabit marine and freshwater surface waters worldwide.
- 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: Elopomorpha Target entity description: Elopomorpha is a major group of ray-finned fishes that includes eels, tarpons, and their relatives, all characterized by a distinctive transparent leptocephalus larval stage.
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A.
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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B.
Osmeriformes
Osmeriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes smelts and their relatives, typically small, silvery, cold-water species found in marine and freshwater environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Castorimorpha
Castorimorpha is a suborder of rodents that includes beavers, pocket gophers, and kangaroo rats, characterized by their specialized digging and gnawing adaptations.
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D.
Cyprinoidei
Cyprinoidei is a large suborder of freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes carps, minnows, and related families.
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E.
Atherinomorphae
Atherinomorphae is a clade of ray-finned fishes that includes silversides, killifishes, and livebearers, many of which inhabit marine and freshwater surface waters worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
group of ray-finned fishes ⓘ superorder ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | often elongate body in many members ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
leptocephalus larval stage
ⓘ
transparent leptocephalus larvae ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | elopomorphs ⓘ |
| contains | both marine and freshwater species ⓘ |
| developmentalTrait | indirect development via leptocephalus larva ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | other teleosts by leptocephalus larvae ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
predators in marine food webs
ⓘ
prey for larger fishes and marine predators ⓘ |
| eggType | pelagic eggs in many species ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Mesozoic era
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesozoic Era
|
| fossilRecord | known from Cretaceous deposits ⓘ |
| growthPattern | metamorphosis from leptocephalus to juvenile form ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater environments
ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ |
| hasLarvalDiet | gelatinous plankton and marine snow in many species ⓘ |
| includes |
Albuliformes
ⓘ
Anguilliformes ⓘ Elopiformes ⓘ
linked to:
Elopomorpha
Notacanthiformes ⓘ Saccopharyngiformes ⓘ bonefishes ⓘ eels ⓘ spiny eels (Notacanthidae) ⓘ tarpons ⓘ |
| infraclass | Teleostei ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalForm | leptocephalus ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Anguilla anguilla
ⓘ
Anguilla rostrata ⓘ Elops saurus ⓘ Megalops atlanticus ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony ⓘ |
| studiedIn | ichthyology ⓘ |
| subclass | Neopterygii ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superorder ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Elopomorpha Description of subject: Elopomorpha is a major group of ray-finned fishes that includes eels, tarpons, and their relatives, all characterized by a distinctive transparent leptocephalus larval stage.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Elopomorpha