Maylandia zebra
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Maylandia zebra is a brightly colored African cichlid fish from Lake Malawi, popular in the aquarium trade and known for its bold vertical striping.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maylandia | 1 |
| Maylandia zebra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10123485 — 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: Maylandia zebra Context triple: [Cichlidae, notableSpecies, Maylandia zebra]
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A.
Rasbora
Rasbora is a genus of small, schooling freshwater fish popular in aquariums and native to rivers and streams across South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Poecilia
Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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C.
Neolissochilus
Neolissochilus is a genus of large freshwater cyprinid fishes native to South and Southeast Asia, closely related to the mahseers and often found in fast-flowing rivers and streams.
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D.
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis is a large, economically important freshwater cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asian rivers, commonly known for its game and food value.
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E.
Phractocephalus
Phractocephalus is a genus of large South American freshwater catfish best known for the popular aquarium and game species redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus).
- 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: Maylandia zebra Target entity description: Maylandia zebra is a brightly colored African cichlid fish from Lake Malawi, popular in the aquarium trade and known for its bold vertical striping.
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A.
Rasbora
Rasbora is a genus of small, schooling freshwater fish popular in aquariums and native to rivers and streams across South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Poecilia
Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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C.
Neolissochilus
Neolissochilus is a genus of large freshwater cyprinid fishes native to South and Southeast Asia, closely related to the mahseers and often found in fast-flowing rivers and streams.
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D.
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis is a large, economically important freshwater cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asian rivers, commonly known for its game and food value.
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E.
Phractocephalus
Phractocephalus is a genus of large South American freshwater catfish best known for the popular aquarium and game species redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cichlid
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ |
| aquariumCareLevel | intermediate ⓘ |
| aquariumTemperatureRange | approximately 24–28 °C ⓘ |
| aquariumTrade | popular aquarium fish ⓘ |
| behavior | rock-dwelling ⓘ |
| bodyShape | laterally compressed ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| coloration | brightly colored ⓘ |
| commonName |
zebra cichlid
ⓘ
zebra mbuna ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | not globally threatened (data may vary by source) ⓘ |
| describedBy | Ethelwynn Trewavas ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| diet |
aufwuchs grazer
ⓘ
herbivore ⓘ |
| ecologicalGroup | mbuna ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Lake Malawi ⓘ |
| eyePosition | lateral ⓘ |
| family | Cichlidae ⓘ |
| feedingZone | benthic ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| genus |
Maylandia
ⓘ
linked to:
Maylandia zebra
|
| geographicDistribution | East Africa ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater lake
ⓘ
rocky littoral zones ⓘ |
| hasSynonym |
Pseudotropheus zebra
ⓘ
linked to:
Pseudotropheus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| maximumLength | approximately 10–12 cm ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Lake Malawi ⓘ |
| order | Cichliformes ⓘ |
| originalGenus | Pseudotropheus ⓘ |
| pattern | bold vertical stripes ⓘ |
| pHPreference | approximately 7.5–8.5 ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | maternal mouthbrooder ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| salinity | freshwater ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
aggressive toward conspecifics
ⓘ
territorial ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| waterBody | African Great Lakes ⓘ |
| waterType | hard alkaline water ⓘ |
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: Maylandia zebra Description of subject: Maylandia zebra is a brightly colored African cichlid fish from Lake Malawi, popular in the aquarium trade and known for its bold vertical striping.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maylandia zebra