Anablepidae
E262696
Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes best known for the "four-eyed fish" that can simultaneously see above and below the water’s surface.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anableps | 2 |
| Anablepidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2396288 — 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: Anablepidae Context triple: [Cyprinodontiformes, hasMember, Anablepidae]
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A.
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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B.
Gyrinocheilidae
Gyrinocheilidae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as sucking or algae-eating loaches, characterized by their specialized mouths adapted for grazing on surfaces.
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C.
Balitoridae
Balitoridae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in fast-flowing streams of Asia and adapted to cling to rocks in strong currents.
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D.
Pangasiidae
Pangasiidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to rivers in South and Southeast Asia, including several species important in aquaculture and food fisheries.
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E.
Danionidae
Danionidae is a family of small freshwater ray-finned fishes, including popular aquarium species like danios and rasboras, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
- 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: Anablepidae Target entity description: Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes best known for the "four-eyed fish" that can simultaneously see above and below the water’s surface.
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A.
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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B.
Gyrinocheilidae
Gyrinocheilidae is a family of freshwater fishes commonly known as sucking or algae-eating loaches, characterized by their specialized mouths adapted for grazing on surfaces.
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C.
Balitoridae
Balitoridae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in fast-flowing streams of Asia and adapted to cling to rocks in strong currents.
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D.
Pangasiidae
Pangasiidae is a family of freshwater catfishes native mainly to rivers in South and Southeast Asia, including several species important in aquaculture and food fisheries.
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E.
Danionidae
Danionidae is a family of small freshwater ray-finned fishes, including popular aquarium species like danios and rasboras, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation | adapted to surface feeding ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Teleostei ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | four-eyed fishes ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Anablepidae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Anableps
Jenynsia ⓘ Oxyzygonectes ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| ectothermic | true ⓘ |
| eyeAdaptation | can see simultaneously above and below water surface ⓘ |
| eyeStructure |
partially divided eyes
ⓘ
two pupils in each eye ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Johann Jakob Kaup ⓘ |
| firstDescribedInYear | 1853 ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| habitat |
brackish water
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Anableps ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesGroup | four-eyed fish (Anableps anableps and relatives) ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
internal fertilization
ⓘ
livebearing in many species ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | differential focusing in aerial and aquatic vision ⓘ |
| swimmingLevel | surface-dwelling ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus |
Anablepidae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Anableps
|
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: Anablepidae Description of subject: Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes best known for the "four-eyed fish" that can simultaneously see above and below the water’s surface.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anableps
this entity surface form:
Anableps