Danio
E805063
Danio is a genus of small, active freshwater fish in the carp order, popular in aquariums and known for species like the zebrafish (Danio rerio).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danio canonical | 3 |
| Brachydanio | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9531756 — 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: Danio Context triple: [Danionidae, contains, Danio]
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A.
Karpf
Karpf is a surname of German origin, likely a variant of "Karp," borne by various individuals across German-speaking regions.
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B.
Betta
Betta is a feminine given name, often used as a diminutive or nickname for names like Benedetta or Elisabetta in Italian.
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C.
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
The Fish (Schindleria praematurus) is an extremely small, transparent marine fish species known for its larval-like adult form and status as one of the world’s tiniest vertebrates.
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D.
Alosa
Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
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E.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 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: Danio Target entity description: Danio is a genus of small, active freshwater fish in the carp order, popular in aquariums and known for species like the zebrafish (Danio rerio).
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A.
Karpf
Karpf is a surname of German origin, likely a variant of "Karp," borne by various individuals across German-speaking regions.
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B.
Betta
Betta is a feminine given name, often used as a diminutive or nickname for names like Benedetta or Elisabetta in Italian.
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C.
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
The Fish (Schindleria praematurus) is an extremely small, transparent marine fish species known for its larval-like adult form and status as one of the world’s tiniest vertebrates.
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D.
Alosa
Alosa is a genus of shad fishes in the herring family, known for their migratory behavior between marine and freshwater environments.
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E.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | genus ⓘ |
| activityPeriod | diurnal ⓘ |
| aquariumUse | popular aquarium fish ⓘ |
| behavior |
active
ⓘ
schooling ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Cyprinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Danioninae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| coloration | often striped or spotted ⓘ |
| commonName | danios ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| family | Cyprinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
South Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat | freshwater ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Danio albolineatus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Danio choprae NERFINISHED ⓘ Danio dangila NERFINISHED ⓘ Danio kyathit NERFINISHED ⓘ Danio rerio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | 2–5 years ⓘ |
| nativeContinent | Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | zebrafish ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orderCommonName | carp order ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Brachydanio (historical usage)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-scattering ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Hamilton, 1822 ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | peaceful community fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment |
rice paddies
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| usedFor | ornamental fishkeeping ⓘ |
| waterFlowPreference | moderate current ⓘ |
| waterTemperaturePreference | tropical ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Danio Description of subject: Danio is a genus of small, active freshwater fish in the carp order, popular in aquariums and known for species like the zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brachydanio