Sewellia
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Sewellia is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling hillstream loaches known for their flattened bodies and adaptation to fast-flowing freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sewellia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9531623 — 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: Sewellia Context triple: [Balitoridae, notableGenus, Sewellia]
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A.
Arremonops
Arremonops is a genus of New World sparrows found primarily in Central and South America, known for their ground-foraging habits in dense vegetation.
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B.
Rhodelia
Rhodelia is an unincorporated rural community located in Meade County, Kentucky, United States.
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C.
Sacciolepis
Sacciolepis is a genus of grasses found in wet, often tropical habitats, known for its small, clustered flower spikes.
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D.
Xenodacnis
Xenodacnis is a small genus of Neotropical tanagers known for their high-Andean habitats and distinctive blue plumage.
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E.
Genlisea
Genlisea is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly called corkscrew plants, that capture and digest small organisms using specialized underground leaf traps.
- 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: Sewellia Target entity description: Sewellia is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling hillstream loaches known for their flattened bodies and adaptation to fast-flowing freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Arremonops
Arremonops is a genus of New World sparrows found primarily in Central and South America, known for their ground-foraging habits in dense vegetation.
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B.
Rhodelia
Rhodelia is an unincorporated rural community located in Meade County, Kentucky, United States.
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C.
Sacciolepis
Sacciolepis is a genus of grasses found in wet, often tropical habitats, known for its small, clustered flower spikes.
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D.
Xenodacnis
Xenodacnis is a small genus of Neotropical tanagers known for their high-Andean habitats and distinctive blue plumage.
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E.
Genlisea
Genlisea is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly called corkscrew plants, that capture and digest small organisms using specialized underground leaf traps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
adapted to fast currents
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adhesive ventral surface ⓘ enlarged paired fins for clinging to rocks ⓘ |
| aquariumTrade | popular hillstream loach genus ⓘ |
| behavior | bottom-dwelling ⓘ |
| bodyShape | flattened ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | hillstream loaches ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
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biofilm ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
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Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche |
algae grazer
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aufwuchs grazer ⓘ |
| family | Gastromyzontidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finMorphology |
broad pectoral fins
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broad pelvic fins ⓘ |
| foundIn |
mountain streams
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upland streams ⓘ |
| habitat |
fast-flowing rivers
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freshwater ⓘ hillstream ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| locomotion | clings to rocks in fast water ⓘ |
| microhabitat |
riffles and rapids
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rocky substrates ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Sewellia albisuera
NERFINISHED
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Sewellia breviventralis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sewellia lineolata NERFINISHED ⓘ Sewellia marmorata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Gastromyzontidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| respirationAdaptation | high oxygen demand ⓘ |
| size | small ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| waterFlowPreference | strong current ⓘ |
| waterParameterPreference |
cool to moderate temperature
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well-oxygenated water ⓘ |
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: Sewellia Description of subject: Sewellia is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling hillstream loaches known for their flattened bodies and adaptation to fast-flowing freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.