Poeciliidae
E262692
Poeciliidae is a family of small freshwater fishes, including guppies and mollies, known for their live-bearing reproduction and popularity in aquariums.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poeciliidae canonical | 6 |
| Poeciliinae | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2396281 — 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: Poeciliidae Context triple: [Cyprinodontiformes, hasMember, Poeciliidae]
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A.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
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B.
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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C.
Atherinidae
Atherinidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
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D.
Cichlidae
Cichlidae is a large and diverse family of freshwater fish known for their complex behaviors, vibrant coloration, and importance in both aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
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E.
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaeniidae is a family of small, brightly colored freshwater fishes commonly known as rainbowfishes, native primarily to Australia and New Guinea.
- 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: Poeciliidae Target entity description: Poeciliidae is a family of small freshwater fishes, including guppies and mollies, known for their live-bearing reproduction and popularity in aquariums.
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A.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
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B.
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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C.
Atherinidae
Atherinidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
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D.
Cichlidae
Cichlidae is a large and diverse family of freshwater fish known for their complex behaviors, vibrant coloration, and importance in both aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
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E.
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaeniidae is a family of small, brightly colored freshwater fishes commonly known as rainbowfishes, native primarily to Australia and New Guinea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| aquariumPopularity | high ⓘ |
| characteristic |
high reproductive rate
ⓘ
internal fertilization ⓘ rapid maturation ⓘ sexual dimorphism ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | livebearers ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| economicUse |
aquarium trade
ⓘ
biological mosquito control ⓘ |
| finMorphology | males possess modified anal fin (gonopodium) ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish water
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Brachyrhaphis roseni
ⓘ
Gambusia affinis ⓘ Gambusia holbrooki ⓘ Heterandria formosa ⓘ Limia nigrofasciata ⓘ Poecilia ⓘ
surface form:
Micropoecilia picta
Phallichthys amates ⓘ Poecilia ⓘ
surface form:
Poecilia latipinna
Poecilia ⓘ
surface form:
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia ⓘ
surface form:
Poecilia sphenops
Poecilia ⓘ
surface form:
Poecilia velifera
Priapella intermedia ⓘ Xiphophorus ⓘ
surface form:
Xiphophorus hellerii
Xiphophorus maculatus ⓘ Xiphophorus ⓘ
surface form:
Xiphophorus variatus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesCommonName |
guppy
ⓘ
molly ⓘ platy ⓘ swordtail ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | live-bearing ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode |
ovoviviparous
ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Bonaparte, 1831 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Poecilia ⓘ |
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: Poeciliidae Description of subject: Poeciliidae is a family of small freshwater fishes, including guppies and mollies, known for their live-bearing reproduction and popularity in aquariums.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Poeciliinae
this entity surface form:
Poeciliinae