Misgurnus
E805045
Misgurnus is a genus of small, elongated freshwater loaches commonly known as weather loaches or dojo loaches, found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Misgurnus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9531570 — 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: Misgurnus Context triple: [Cobitidae, hasRepresentativeGenus, Misgurnus]
-
A.
Erpetoichthys
Erpetoichthys is a genus of elongated, eel-like bichir fishes native to African freshwater habitats, best known for the ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus).
-
B.
Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their open-ocean, often deep-water habitats and distinctive, colorful patterns.
-
C.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as the oriental weather loach, is a small, eel-like freshwater fish native to East Asia and popular in aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
-
D.
Entosphenus
Entosphenus is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys that includes several parasitic and anadromous species found primarily in North American freshwater and coastal marine environments.
-
E.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
- 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: Misgurnus Target entity description: Misgurnus is a genus of small, elongated freshwater loaches commonly known as weather loaches or dojo loaches, found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
-
A.
Erpetoichthys
Erpetoichthys is a genus of elongated, eel-like bichir fishes native to African freshwater habitats, best known for the ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus).
-
B.
Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their open-ocean, often deep-water habitats and distinctive, colorful patterns.
-
C.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as the oriental weather loach, is a small, eel-like freshwater fish native to East Asia and popular in aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
-
D.
Entosphenus
Entosphenus is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys that includes several parasitic and anadromous species found primarily in North American freshwater and coastal marine environments.
-
E.
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon is a genus of small, hardy pupfishes known for inhabiting extreme and isolated aquatic environments, often used as models in studies of rapid evolution and adaptation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPeriod | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| aquariumTrade | yes ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
dojo loaches
ⓘ
weather loaches ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
East Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole | benthic fish ⓘ |
| family | Cobitidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingHabit | bottom-feeding ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Misgurnus bipartitus NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus buphoensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus dabryanus NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus fossilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus mizolepis NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus mohoity NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus nikolskyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus sinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus sp. 'Yunnan' NERFINISHED ⓘ Misgurnus tonkinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | demersal ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Misgurnus fossilis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUse |
aquarium fish
ⓘ
food fish in East Asia ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cobitidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reasonForName | called weather loach due to response to weather changes ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respirationAdaptation | can gulp atmospheric air ⓘ |
| sensitivity | changes behavior with barometric pressure ⓘ |
| substratePreference | soft bottoms such as mud or sand ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Misgurnus fossilis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalSize | small ⓘ |
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: Misgurnus Description of subject: Misgurnus is a genus of small, elongated freshwater loaches commonly known as weather loaches or dojo loaches, found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.