Cyema atrum
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Cyema atrum is a deep-sea ribbonfish species known for its extremely elongated, ribbon-like body and occurrence in mesopelagic to bathypelagic ocean waters worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyema atrum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9572468 — 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: Cyema atrum Context triple: [Cyematidae, containsTaxon, Cyema atrum]
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A.
Calophysus
Calophysus is a genus of South American freshwater catfish known for its scavenging habits and occurrence in large river systems such as the Amazon.
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B.
Drymocichla
Drymocichla is a small genus of African warbler-like birds traditionally placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.
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C.
Rhyticeros
Rhyticeros is a genus of large, primarily forest-dwelling hornbills found in Southeast Asia and nearby islands, characterized by prominent bills and casques.
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D.
Byzacium
Byzacium is the Latin name for Byzacena, a fertile and strategically important Roman province in North Africa corresponding roughly to central and eastern modern Tunisia.
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E.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
- 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: Cyema atrum Target entity description: Cyema atrum is a deep-sea ribbonfish species known for its extremely elongated, ribbon-like body and occurrence in mesopelagic to bathypelagic ocean waters worldwide.
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A.
Calophysus
Calophysus is a genus of South American freshwater catfish known for its scavenging habits and occurrence in large river systems such as the Amazon.
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B.
Drymocichla
Drymocichla is a small genus of African warbler-like birds traditionally placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.
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C.
Rhyticeros
Rhyticeros is a genus of large, primarily forest-dwelling hornbills found in Southeast Asia and nearby islands, characterized by prominent bills and casques.
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D.
Byzacium
Byzacium is the Latin name for Byzacena, a fertile and strategically important Roman province in North Africa corresponding roughly to central and eastern modern Tunisia.
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E.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deep-sea fish
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species of ray-finned fish ⓘ |
| authority | Günther, 1878 ⓘ |
| binomialName | Cyema atrum ⓘ |
| bodyShape |
extremely elongated
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ribbon-like ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| color |
blackish
ⓘ
dark ⓘ |
| commonName | bobtail eel ⓘ |
| describedBy | Albert Günther ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1878 ⓘ |
| distribution |
temperate waters
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tropical waters ⓘ worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| environment | marine ⓘ |
| family | Cyematidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| genus | Cyema ⓘ |
| habitat |
bathypelagic zone
ⓘ
mesopelagic zone ⓘ |
| hasFamilyCharacteristic | only extant genus in family Cyematidae ⓘ |
| hasJaws | true ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage | leptocephalus larva ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | deep-sea ⓘ |
| livesIn |
deep pelagic waters
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open ocean ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extremely compressed body
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large mouth ⓘ small head ⓘ tapering ribbon-like tail ⓘ |
| occursAtDepth |
bathypelagic depths
ⓘ
mesopelagic depths ⓘ |
| order | Saccopharyngiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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: Cyema atrum Description of subject: Cyema atrum is a deep-sea ribbonfish species known for its extremely elongated, ribbon-like body and occurrence in mesopelagic to bathypelagic ocean waters worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.