Silurus
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Silurus is a genus of large freshwater catfish native mainly to Eurasia, best known for species like the wels catfish (Silurus glanis).
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silurus canonical | 4 |
| Silurus aristotelis | 2 |
| Silurus biwaensis | 2 |
| Silurus meridionalis | 2 |
| Silurus soldatovi | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541489 — 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: Silurus Context triple: [Siluridae, includesGenus, Silurus]
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A.
Silurus asotus
Silurus asotus is a freshwater catfish species native to East Asia, commonly known as the Amur or Japanese catfish, and is an important component of regional river and lake ecosystems.
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B.
Silurus glanis
Silurus glanis, commonly known as the Wels catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to European and parts of Asian rivers and lakes, renowned for its impressive size and predatory behavior.
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C.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
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D.
Alosa
Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
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E.
Xiphias
Xiphias is an alternative name for the southern sky constellation Dorado, which is associated with the dolphinfish.
- 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: Silurus Target entity description: Silurus is a genus of large freshwater catfish native mainly to Eurasia, best known for species like the wels catfish (Silurus glanis).
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A.
Silurus asotus
Silurus asotus is a freshwater catfish species native to East Asia, commonly known as the Amur or Japanese catfish, and is an important component of regional river and lake ecosystems.
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B.
Silurus glanis
Silurus glanis, commonly known as the Wels catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to European and parts of Asian rivers and lakes, renowned for its impressive size and predatory behavior.
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C.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
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D.
Alosa
Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
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E.
Xiphias
Xiphias is an alternative name for the southern sky constellation Dorado, which is associated with the dolphinfish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
barbels around mouth
ⓘ
large size ⓘ scaleless body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | sheath catfishes ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Silurus aristotelis
ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus
Silurus asotus ⓘ Silurus biwaensis ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus
Silurus glanis ⓘ Silurus meridionalis ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus
Silurus soldatovi ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus
|
| distributionRegion |
Palearctic
ⓘ
linked to:
Palearctic realm
|
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole | large freshwater predator ⓘ |
| environment | freshwater ecosystems ⓘ |
| family | Siluridae ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionCentury | 18th century or earlier ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasUse |
commercial fisheries
ⓘ
recreational angling ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Silurus (Latin word for catfish) ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Silurus aristotelis
ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus
Silurus asotus ⓘ Silurus biwaensis ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus
Silurus glanis ⓘ Silurus meridionalis ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus
Silurus soldatovi ⓘ
linked to:
Silurus
|
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Siluridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| risk | some species can be invasive outside native range ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Silurus glanis ⓘ |
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: Silurus Description of subject: Silurus is a genus of large freshwater catfish native mainly to Eurasia, best known for species like the wels catfish (Silurus glanis).
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Silurus
linked to: Silurus
linked to: Silurus
linked to: Silurus
linked to: Silurus
linked to: Silurus
linked to: Silurus
linked to: Silurus