Zanclidae
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Zanclidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes best known for the Moorish idol, a striking coral reef species with a long trailing dorsal filament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zanclidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10877810 — 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: Zanclidae Context triple: [Acanthuroidei, includes, Zanclidae]
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A.
Zoarcoidei
Zoarcoidei is a suborder of mostly marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as eelpouts and their relatives, characterized by elongated bodies and a benthic, cold-water lifestyle.
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B.
Chacidae
Chacidae is a family of freshwater catfishes known as frogmouth catfishes, characterized by their broad, flattened heads and sedentary, ambush-predator lifestyle in Southeast Asian waters.
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C.
Ranicipitidae
Ranicipitidae is an extinct family of marine ray-finned fishes historically placed within the order Gadiformes, which includes cods and their relatives.
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D.
Zaniolepididae
Zaniolepididae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes known as combfishes, found primarily in cold to temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
- 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: Zanclidae Target entity description: Zanclidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes best known for the Moorish idol, a striking coral reef species with a long trailing dorsal filament.
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A.
Zoarcoidei
Zoarcoidei is a suborder of mostly marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as eelpouts and their relatives, characterized by elongated bodies and a benthic, cold-water lifestyle.
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B.
Chacidae
Chacidae is a family of freshwater catfishes known as frogmouth catfishes, characterized by their broad, flattened heads and sedentary, ambush-predator lifestyle in Southeast Asian waters.
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C.
Ranicipitidae
Ranicipitidae is an extinct family of marine ray-finned fishes historically placed within the order Gadiformes, which includes cods and their relatives.
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D.
Zaniolepididae
Zaniolepididae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes known as combfishes, found primarily in cold to temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Falacrinae
Falacrinae was a small ancient village in central Italy, best known as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Vespasian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPeriod | diurnal ⓘ |
| bodyShape | laterally compressed ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
Moorish idol family
ⓘ
linked to:
Moorish idol
|
| containsSpecies | Zanclus cornutus ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Zanclus ⓘ |
| diet |
benthic invertebrates
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ sponges ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Acanthuridae by lack of caudal spines ⓘ |
| distribution | tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | reef-associated fish ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| habitat |
coral reefs
ⓘ
marine waters ⓘ |
| hasColoration | contrasting black white and yellow bands in Moorish idol ⓘ |
| hasDorsalFinFeature | long trailing dorsal filament in adults ⓘ |
| hasLarvalStage | pelagic larvae ⓘ |
| isMonotypicOrNearlyMonotypic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfterGenus | Zanclus ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | Moorish idol ⓘ |
| order |
Acanthuriformes
ⓘ
linked to:
Acanthuroidei
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| similarTo | Acanthuridae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| waterType | saltwater ⓘ |
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: Zanclidae Description of subject: Zanclidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes best known for the Moorish idol, a striking coral reef species with a long trailing dorsal filament.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.