Acanthodoras
E815080
Acanthodoras is a genus of small, armored freshwater catfish native to South America, known for their bony plates and nocturnal, bottom-dwelling habits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acanthodoras canonical | 1 |
| Amblydoras | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541790 — 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: Acanthodoras Context triple: [Doradidae, includes, Acanthodoras]
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A.
Pimelodus
Pimelodus is a genus of freshwater catfish native mainly to South American river systems, known for their elongated bodies and prominent barbels.
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B.
Brachyplatystoma
Brachyplatystoma is a genus of large migratory catfish native to South American river systems, particularly the Amazon and Orinoco basins.
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C.
Prochilodus lineatus
Prochilodus lineatus is a South American freshwater fish species, commonly known as the sábalo, notable for its migratory behavior and ecological importance in large river systems such as the Paraná and Pilcomayo.
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D.
Pseudoplatystoma
Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of large, predatory South American catfish known for their distinctive striped or spotted patterns and importance in commercial and sport fisheries.
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E.
Corydoras
Corydoras is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater catfish popular in aquariums and native to South American 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: Acanthodoras Target entity description: Acanthodoras is a genus of small, armored freshwater catfish native to South America, known for their bony plates and nocturnal, bottom-dwelling habits.
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A.
Pimelodus
Pimelodus is a genus of freshwater catfish native mainly to South American river systems, known for their elongated bodies and prominent barbels.
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B.
Brachyplatystoma
Brachyplatystoma is a genus of large migratory catfish native to South American river systems, particularly the Amazon and Orinoco basins.
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C.
Prochilodus lineatus
Prochilodus lineatus is a South American freshwater fish species, commonly known as the sábalo, notable for its migratory behavior and ecological importance in large river systems such as the Paraná and Pilcomayo.
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D.
Pseudoplatystoma
Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of large, predatory South American catfish known for their distinctive striped or spotted patterns and importance in commercial and sport fisheries.
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E.
Corydoras
Corydoras is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater catfish popular in aquariums and native to South American rivers and streams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Doradidae ⓘ |
| belongsToBiogeographicRealm | Neotropical realm ⓘ |
| bodyArmor | bony plates ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | thorny catfishes ⓘ |
| diet |
benthic invertebrates
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | benthic ⓘ |
| environment | tropical freshwater ⓘ |
| family | Doradidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
floodplain habitats
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | northern South America ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
active at night
ⓘ
hides during daytime ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
armored body
ⓘ
bottom-dwelling behavior ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | talking catfish ⓘ |
| hasGillCover | bony operculum ⓘ |
| hasLifeCycleStage |
adult stage
ⓘ
juvenile stage ⓘ larval stage ⓘ |
| hasLifestyle | demersal ⓘ |
| hasSkinCovering | bony scutes ⓘ |
| hasSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| is | ray-finned fish genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| nativeTo | South America ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | enhanced barbels ⓘ |
| skeletonType |
ossified
ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | ectothermic ⓘ |
| usesBarbelsFor | detecting food ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater only ⓘ |
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: Acanthodoras Description of subject: Acanthodoras is a genus of small, armored freshwater catfish native to South America, known for their bony plates and nocturnal, bottom-dwelling habits.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.