Hiodontidae
E250694
Hiodontidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as mooneyes, native to North America and characterized by their silvery bodies and large eyes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiodontidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2267285 — 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: Hiodontidae Context triple: [Osteoglossiformes, includesFamily, Hiodontidae]
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A.
Dentatherinidae
Dentatherinidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes within the order Atheriniformes, comprising specialized silverside-like species found in marine and brackish waters.
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B.
Plotosidae
Plotosidae is a family of eel-tailed catfishes known for their elongated bodies and often venomous fin spines, found primarily in marine and freshwater habitats of the Indo-Pacific region.
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C.
Myrocongridae
Myrocongridae is a small family of eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as thin eels, found in marine environments.
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D.
Hoplichthyidae
Hoplichthyidae is a family of benthic marine fishes, commonly known as ghost flatheads, found on continental shelves and slopes of the Indo-Pacific region.
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E.
Hypsiprymnodontidae
Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of small, primitive marsupials known as musky rat-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia.
- 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: Hiodontidae Target entity description: Hiodontidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as mooneyes, native to North America and characterized by their silvery bodies and large eyes.
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A.
Dentatherinidae
Dentatherinidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes within the order Atheriniformes, comprising specialized silverside-like species found in marine and brackish waters.
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B.
Plotosidae
Plotosidae is a family of eel-tailed catfishes known for their elongated bodies and often venomous fin spines, found primarily in marine and freshwater habitats of the Indo-Pacific region.
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C.
Myrocongridae
Myrocongridae is a small family of eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as thin eels, found in marine environments.
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D.
Hoplichthyidae
Hoplichthyidae is a family of benthic marine fishes, commonly known as ghost flatheads, found on continental shelves and slopes of the Indo-Pacific region.
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E.
Hypsiprymnodontidae
Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of small, primitive marsupials known as musky rat-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| bodyColor | silvery ⓘ |
| bodyShape | laterally compressed ⓘ |
| characteristic |
abdominal pelvic fins
ⓘ
forked tail ⓘ large eyes ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | mooneyes ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Hiodon
ⓘ
surface form:
Hiodon alosoides
Hiodon ⓘ
surface form:
Hiodon tergisus
|
| containsTaxon | Hiodon ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
piscivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ecologicalRole | mid-level predator ⓘ |
| environment |
backwaters
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| eyePosition | large lateral eyes ⓘ |
| feedingTime |
crepuscular
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| finType | soft-rayed fins ⓘ |
| geologicalTimeOfOrigin | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasGillCover | operculum ⓘ |
| hasScales | cycloid scales ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Hiodon ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| order | Osteoglossiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region | Nearctic ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| vernacularName | mooneyes ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Hiodontidae Description of subject: Hiodontidae is a small family of freshwater fishes, commonly known as mooneyes, native to North America and characterized by their silvery bodies and large eyes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.