Psychrolutes marcidus
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Psychrolutes marcidus, commonly known as the blobfish, is a deep-sea fish famous for its gelatinous appearance and reputation as one of the world's ugliest animals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Psychrolutes marcidus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10315151 — 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: Psychrolutes marcidus Context triple: [Psychrolutidae, notableSpecies, Psychrolutes marcidus]
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A.
Eudocimus
Eudocimus is a genus of wading birds in the ibis family, best known for including the brightly colored scarlet ibis and related species.
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B.
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Otiorhynchus sulcatus is a species of flightless weevil, commonly known as the black vine weevil, that is a widespread horticultural pest of many ornamental and agricultural plants.
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C.
Ichneumia albicauda
Ichneumia albicauda, commonly known as the white-tailed mongoose, is a large, nocturnal African mongoose species recognized for its distinctive bushy white tail.
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D.
Poecilodryas
Poecilodryas is a genus of Australasian robins, small insectivorous passerine birds native to forests and woodlands in New Guinea and nearby regions.
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E.
Cyanippus
Cyanippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the brother of Argia.
- 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: Psychrolutes marcidus Target entity description: Psychrolutes marcidus, commonly known as the blobfish, is a deep-sea fish famous for its gelatinous appearance and reputation as one of the world's ugliest animals.
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A.
Eudocimus
Eudocimus is a genus of wading birds in the ibis family, best known for including the brightly colored scarlet ibis and related species.
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B.
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Otiorhynchus sulcatus is a species of flightless weevil, commonly known as the black vine weevil, that is a widespread horticultural pest of many ornamental and agricultural plants.
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C.
Ichneumia albicauda
Ichneumia albicauda, commonly known as the white-tailed mongoose, is a large, nocturnal African mongoose species recognized for its distinctive bushy white tail.
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D.
Poecilodryas
Poecilodryas is a genus of Australasian robins, small insectivorous passerine birds native to forests and woodlands in New Guinea and nearby regions.
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E.
Cyanippus
Cyanippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the brother of Argia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
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marine organism ⓘ |
| adaptation | gelatinous body adapted to high pressure ⓘ |
| appearanceAtDepth | more compact and less saggy under natural deep-sea pressure ⓘ |
| award | voted "World’s Ugliest Animal" by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society ⓘ |
| bodyComposition | gelatinous flesh with low muscle mass ⓘ |
| bodyLength | approximately 30 cm ⓘ |
| buoyancyMechanism | gelatinous tissue slightly less dense than water ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| color |
greyish
ⓘ
pale pink ⓘ |
| commonName |
blobfish
ⓘ
smooth-head blobfish ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | potential vulnerability due to limited range and bycatch ⓘ |
| depthRange | approximately 600–1200 m ⓘ |
| describedBy | A. T. Castelnau ⓘ |
| diet |
molluscs
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other benthic invertebrates ⓘ sea urchins ⓘ small crustaceans ⓘ |
| environment | marine ⓘ |
| family | Psychrolutidae ⓘ |
| feedingStrategy | ambush predator ⓘ |
| genus | Psychrolutes ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | continental slope regions of Australia and New Zealand ⓘ |
| habitat |
benthic zone
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deep sea ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | demersal ⓘ |
| livesIn |
Southwestern Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
southwest Pacific Ocean
waters off Australia ⓘ waters off New Zealand ⓘ waters off Tasmania ⓘ |
| mediaReputation | internet meme ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
gelatinous, sagging appearance at surface pressure
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large head relative to body ⓘ soft, flabby body ⓘ |
| order | Scorpaeniformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | egg guarding by adults ⓘ |
| perceivedAesthetic | often labeled one of the world’s ugliest animals ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| pressureAdaptation | body structure dependent on high ambient pressure to maintain shape ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| skeletalStructure | reduced skeleton ⓘ |
| swimBladder | absent ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat | deep-sea trawling bycatch ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1879 ⓘ |
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: Psychrolutes marcidus Description of subject: Psychrolutes marcidus, commonly known as the blobfish, is a deep-sea fish famous for its gelatinous appearance and reputation as one of the world's ugliest animals.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.