Schilbe
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Schilbe is a genus of African freshwater catfishes known for their slender, often translucent bodies and importance in local fisheries.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Schilbe intermedius | 2 |
| Schilbe mystus | 2 |
| Schilbe canonical | 1 |
| Schilbe laticeps | 1 |
| Schilbe uranoscopus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9603911 — 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: Schilbe Context triple: [Schilbeidae, notableGenus, Schilbe]
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A.
Oxydoras
Oxydoras is a genus of large South American thorny catfishes known for their armored bodies and occurrence in major river systems such as the Amazon and Orinoco.
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B.
Bichir
Bichir is a Mexican acting family name most prominently associated with acclaimed actor Demián Bichir and his relatives in film and television.
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C.
Tinca
Tinca is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family, best known for the tench commonly found in European and Asian lakes and rivers.
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D.
Esomus
Esomus is a genus of small Asian freshwater cyprinid fishes commonly known as flying barbs, noted for their elongated bodies and barbels.
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E.
Hemibarbus
Hemibarbus is a genus of freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
- 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: Schilbe Target entity description: Schilbe is a genus of African freshwater catfishes known for their slender, often translucent bodies and importance in local fisheries.
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A.
Oxydoras
Oxydoras is a genus of large South American thorny catfishes known for their armored bodies and occurrence in major river systems such as the Amazon and Orinoco.
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B.
Bichir
Bichir is a Mexican acting family name most prominently associated with acclaimed actor Demián Bichir and his relatives in film and television.
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C.
Tinca
Tinca is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family, best known for the tench commonly found in European and Asian lakes and rivers.
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D.
Esomus
Esomus is a genus of small Asian freshwater cyprinid fishes commonly known as flying barbs, noted for their elongated bodies and barbels.
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E.
Hemibarbus
Hemibarbus is a genus of freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyCharacteristic | often translucent body ⓘ |
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialImportance | regional fisheries in Africa ⓘ |
| commonName |
African butter catfishes
ⓘ
schilbid catfishes ⓘ |
| consumedAs |
fresh fish
ⓘ
smoked fish ⓘ |
| describedAs | African freshwater catfishes genus ⓘ |
| distribution |
sub-Saharan Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
small fish predator ⓘ |
| economicUse | local fisheries ⓘ |
| environment | tropical freshwater ⓘ |
| family | Schilbeidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | omnivorous ⓘ |
| finConfiguration |
anal fin long in many species
ⓘ
dorsal fin short in many species ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Schilbe intermedius
ⓘ
linked to:
Schilbe
Schilbe laticeps ⓘ
linked to:
Schilbe
Schilbe mystus ⓘ
linked to:
Schilbe
Schilbe uranoscopus ⓘ
linked to:
Schilbe
|
| importanceToHumans |
sold in local markets
ⓘ
source of animal protein ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
adipose fin present in many species
ⓘ
forked caudal fin in many species ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Schilbeidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | secondary consumer ⓘ |
| usedAs | food fish ⓘ |
| waterColumnPosition |
midwater
ⓘ
pelagic ⓘ |
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: Schilbe Description of subject: Schilbe is a genus of African freshwater catfishes known for their slender, often translucent bodies and importance in local fisheries.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Schilbe
linked to: Schilbe
linked to: Schilbe
linked to: Schilbe
linked to: Schilbe
linked to: Schilbe