Ephippidae
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Ephippidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as spadefishes, recognized for their laterally compressed, disc-shaped bodies and often striking patterns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ephippidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10877812 — 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: Ephippidae Context triple: [Acanthuroidei, includes, Ephippidae]
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A.
Phycidae
Phycidae is a family of marine cod-like fishes within the order Gadiformes, commonly known as phycid hakes.
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B.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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C.
Euphausiacea
Euphausiacea is an order of small, shrimp-like marine crustaceans known as krill, which form massive swarms and play a crucial role as primary consumers in ocean food webs.
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D.
Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchidae is a small family of African freshwater fishes best known for the electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus, which uses weak electric fields for navigation and communication.
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E.
Platyrinchidae
Platyrinchidae is a family of small Neotropical passerine birds known as flatbills, characterized by their broad, flattened bills and insectivorous habits in forested habitats.
- 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: Ephippidae Target entity description: Ephippidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as spadefishes, recognized for their laterally compressed, disc-shaped bodies and often striking patterns.
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A.
Phycidae
Phycidae is a family of marine cod-like fishes within the order Gadiformes, commonly known as phycid hakes.
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B.
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of venomous marine fish commonly known as stonefishes, notorious for being among the most poisonous fish in the world.
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C.
Euphausiacea
Euphausiacea is an order of small, shrimp-like marine crustaceans known as krill, which form massive swarms and play a crucial role as primary consumers in ocean food webs.
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D.
Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchidae is a small family of African freshwater fishes best known for the electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus, which uses weak electric fields for navigation and communication.
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E.
Platyrinchidae
Platyrinchidae is a family of small Neotropical passerine birds known as flatbills, characterized by their broad, flattened bills and insectivorous habits in forested habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
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ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| bodyShape | deep-bodied ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
aquarium trade
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food fish ⓘ |
| commonName | spadefishes ⓘ |
| development | pelagic larvae ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
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omnivorous ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | reef-associated fishes ⓘ |
| finType |
soft-rayed dorsal fin
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spiny dorsal fin ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
subtropical oceans
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tropical oceans ⓘ |
| habitat |
estuaries
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marine coastal waters ⓘ reefs ⓘ |
| hasAdultHabitat | reefs and hard-bottom areas ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
disc-shaped body
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laterally compressed body ⓘ marine ⓘ often striking body patterns ⓘ ray-finned ⓘ |
| hasJuvenileHabitat | coastal shallows ⓘ |
| hasLarvalHabitat | open water ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Chaetodipterus faber
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linked to:
Chaetodipterus
Platax orbicularis ⓘ Platax teira ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
long anal fin base
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long dorsal fin base ⓘ small mouth ⓘ strongly compressed body ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Chaetodipterus
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Ephippus ⓘ Platax ⓘ |
| order | Moroniformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
laterally compressed disc-shaped bodies
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striking vertical bands or patterns ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often form schools ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Ephippidae Description of subject: Ephippidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as spadefishes, recognized for their laterally compressed, disc-shaped bodies and often striking patterns.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.