Acanthuroidei
E256843
Acanthuroidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes that includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and their relatives, many of which are characterized by laterally compressed bodies and sharp spines near the tail.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acanthuriformes | 2 |
| Acanthuroidei canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2331053 — 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: Acanthuroidei Context triple: [Perciformes, hasSuborder, Acanthuroidei]
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A.
Atherinomorphae
Atherinomorphae is a clade of ray-finned fishes that includes silversides, killifishes, and livebearers, many of which inhabit marine and freshwater surface waters worldwide.
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B.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
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C.
Derichthyidae
Derichthyidae is a family of deep-sea eel-like fishes within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as longneck eels.
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D.
Atherinopsidae
Atherinopsidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as New World silversides, found primarily in marine and freshwater coastal habitats of the Americas.
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E.
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesocidae is a family of marine fishes commonly known as sauries, characterized by their elongated bodies and beak-like jaws, found in temperate and tropical oceans.
- 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: Acanthuroidei Target entity description: Acanthuroidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes that includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and their relatives, many of which are characterized by laterally compressed bodies and sharp spines near the tail.
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A.
Atherinomorphae
Atherinomorphae is a clade of ray-finned fishes that includes silversides, killifishes, and livebearers, many of which inhabit marine and freshwater surface waters worldwide.
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B.
Atheriniformes
Atheriniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, which are typically small, schooling, coastal or freshwater species found worldwide.
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C.
Derichthyidae
Derichthyidae is a family of deep-sea eel-like fishes within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as longneck eels.
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D.
Atherinopsidae
Atherinopsidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as New World silversides, found primarily in marine and freshwater coastal habitats of the Americas.
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E.
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesocidae is a family of marine fishes commonly known as sauries, characterized by their elongated bodies and beak-like jaws, found in temperate and tropical oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish suborder
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyShape |
deep-bodied
ⓘ
oval ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indo-Pacific Ocean ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | reef-associated fishes ⓘ |
| finType | spiny-rayed ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical oceans
ⓘ
tropical oceans ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
laterally compressed body
ⓘ
marine ⓘ ray-finned ⓘ sharp spines near tail ⓘ |
| importance |
ecologically important grazers on coral reefs
ⓘ
includes popular marine aquarium fishes ⓘ includes species of commercial fisheries interest ⓘ |
| includes |
Acanthuridae
ⓘ
Ephippidae ⓘ Luvaridae ⓘ Scatophagidae ⓘ Siganidae ⓘ Zanclidae ⓘ surgeonfishes ⓘ tangs ⓘ unicornfishes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalStage | pelagic ⓘ |
| order |
Acanthuroidei
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Acanthuriformes
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | schooling ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| superorder | Acanthopterygii ⓘ |
| swimmingBehavior | diurnal ⓘ |
| tailSpineLocation | caudal peduncle ⓘ |
| tailSpineType | scalpel-like spine ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | suborder ⓘ |
| typicalDiet |
algae
ⓘ
detritus ⓘ |
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: Acanthuroidei Description of subject: Acanthuroidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes that includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and their relatives, many of which are characterized by laterally compressed bodies and sharp spines near the tail.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Acanthuriformes
this entity surface form:
Acanthuriformes