Gobioidei
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Gobioidei is a large suborder of mostly small, bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes gobies and their close relatives, many of which inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gobioidei canonical | 2 |
| Gobiiformes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2331051 — 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: Gobioidei Context triple: [Perciformes, hasSuborder, Gobioidei]
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A.
Gobionidae
Gobionidae is a family of small freshwater fishes commonly known as gudgeons, primarily distributed across Eurasian rivers and streams.
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B.
Labroidei
Labroidei is a suborder of mostly marine perciform fishes that includes wrasses, parrotfishes, and cichlids, known for their diverse morphologies and complex behaviors.
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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.
Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmidae is a family of flatfishes that includes species such as turbots and brill, known for their laterally compressed bodies and benthic marine habitats.
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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: Gobioidei Target entity description: Gobioidei is a large suborder of mostly small, bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes gobies and their close relatives, many of which inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
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A.
Gobionidae
Gobionidae is a family of small freshwater fishes commonly known as gudgeons, primarily distributed across Eurasian rivers and streams.
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B.
Labroidei
Labroidei is a suborder of mostly marine perciform fishes that includes wrasses, parrotfishes, and cichlids, known for their diverse morphologies and complex behaviors.
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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.
Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmidae is a family of flatfishes that includes species such as turbots and brill, known for their laterally compressed bodies and benthic marine habitats.
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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 (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish suborder
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taxon ⓘ |
| contains | many cryptic species ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
benthic invertebrate predators
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important prey for larger fishes ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
some species important in aquarium trade
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some species used as food fish locally ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish waters
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freshwater environments ⓘ marine environments ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
benthic habits
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bottom-dwelling lifestyle ⓘ diverse body shapes and color patterns ⓘ many species with fused pelvic fins forming a suction disc ⓘ mostly small-sized fishes ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Eleotridae
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Gobiidae ⓘ Oxudercidae ⓘ Rhyacichthyidae ⓘ |
| includes |
family Amblyopinae
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family Butidae ⓘ family Carapidae ⓘ family Eleotridae ⓘ family Gobiidae ⓘ family Kraemeriidae ⓘ family Microdesmidae ⓘ family Milyeringidae ⓘ family Odontobutidae ⓘ family Oxudercidae ⓘ family Ptereleotridae ⓘ family Rhyacichthyidae ⓘ family Schindleriidae ⓘ family Thalasseleotrididae ⓘ family Trichonotidae ⓘ family Trypauchenidae ⓘ family Xenisthmidae ⓘ gobies ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Gobius ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Perciformes
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Percomorpha ⓘ |
| reproduction |
mostly demersal egg layers
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often exhibit parental care of eggs ⓘ |
| scientificName | Gobioidei self-link ⓘ |
| sizeRange | from very small species under 2 cm to medium-sized fishes ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Actinopterygii
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ray-finned fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | suborder ⓘ |
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: Gobioidei Description of subject: Gobioidei is a large suborder of mostly small, bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes gobies and their close relatives, many of which inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gobiiformes