family Gobiidae
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Family Gobiidae is a large and diverse family of mostly small, bottom-dwelling marine and freshwater fishes commonly known as gobies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| family Gobiidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10897803 — 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: family Gobiidae Context triple: [Gobioidei, includes, family Gobiidae]
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A.
Porichthyidae
Porichthyidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as midshipman fishes, noted for their bioluminescent organs and vocal courtship behaviors.
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B.
Schilbeidae
Schilbeidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to Africa and parts of Asia, known for their slender bodies and often schooling behavior.
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C.
Eleginopsidae
Eleginopsidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the notothenioid group, known for inhabiting cold temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
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D.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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E.
Lophiidae
Lophiidae is a family of anglerfishes commonly known as goosefishes or monkfishes, characterized by their flattened bodies, large mouths, and a modified dorsal spine used as a lure to attract prey.
- 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: family Gobiidae Target entity description: Family Gobiidae is a large and diverse family of mostly small, bottom-dwelling marine and freshwater fishes commonly known as gobies.
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A.
Porichthyidae
Porichthyidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as midshipman fishes, noted for their bioluminescent organs and vocal courtship behaviors.
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B.
Schilbeidae
Schilbeidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to Africa and parts of Asia, known for their slender bodies and often schooling behavior.
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C.
Eleginopsidae
Eleginopsidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the notothenioid group, known for inhabiting cold temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
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D.
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish that includes commercially important species such as cod, haddock, and pollock, commonly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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E.
Lophiidae
Lophiidae is a family of anglerfishes commonly known as goosefishes or monkfishes, characterized by their flattened bodies, large mouths, and a modified dorsal spine used as a lure to attract prey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
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taxon ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | gobies ⓘ |
| describedAs | a large and diverse family of fishes ⓘ |
| diet |
polychaete worms
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small crustaceans ⓘ small mollusks ⓘ zooplankton in some species ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
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temperate regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
important component of benthic fish communities
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prey for larger fishes and invertebrates ⓘ small predators of invertebrates ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
some species collected for the aquarium trade
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some species used as food fishes locally ⓘ |
| geographicRange |
many species in coral reef habitats
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worldwide in coastal marine waters ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
benthic behavior
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generally elongated body ⓘ often cryptic coloration ⓘ relatively large head ⓘ small body size in most species ⓘ two dorsal fins in many species ⓘ usually fused pelvic fins forming a suction disc ⓘ |
| includes |
Amblyeleotris
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Amblygobius ⓘ Bathygobius ⓘ Boleophthalmus ⓘ Cryptocentrus ⓘ Elacatinus ⓘ Gobiodon ⓘ Gobius ⓘ Periophthalmus ⓘ Pomatoschistus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableMemberType |
cleaner gobies
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mudskippers (amphibious gobies) ⓘ |
| order | Gobiiformes ⓘ |
| parentalCare | male guarding of eggs in many species ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
eggs often attached to substrate or sheltered surfaces
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many species are demersal spawners ⓘ |
| researchUse | model organisms for studies of symbiosis and behavior ⓘ |
| symbiosis | includes shrimp-associated gobies with mutualistic relationships with alpheid shrimps ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
brackish waters
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freshwater ⓘ marine waters ⓘ |
| typicalLifestyle | bottom-dwelling ⓘ |
| typicalSize | small ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: family Gobiidae Description of subject: Family Gobiidae is a large and diverse family of mostly small, bottom-dwelling marine and freshwater fishes commonly known as gobies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.