Protacanthopterygii
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Protacanthopterygii is a superorder of primarily freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes groups such as pikes, salmons, and their relatives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Protacanthopterygii canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9498995 — 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: Protacanthopterygii Context triple: [Esociformes, superorder, Protacanthopterygii]
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A.
Neopterygii
Neopterygii is a major clade of ray-finned fishes that includes most modern fish species, characterized by more advanced jaw mechanics and fin structures compared to more primitive actinopterygians.
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B.
Acanthodii
Acanthodii are an extinct class of early jawed fishes, often called "spiny sharks," that played a key role in the evolution of vertebrate jaws and fins.
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C.
Acanthopterygii
Acanthopterygii is a large and diverse superorder of spiny-finned ray-finned fishes that includes many familiar marine and freshwater species.
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D.
Ostariophysi
Ostariophysi is a large superorder of primarily freshwater bony fishes that includes carps, minnows, catfishes, and related groups characterized by the Weberian apparatus linking the swim bladder to the inner ear.
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E.
Paracanthopterygii
Paracanthopterygii is a superorder of mostly marine, often bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes cods and their relatives.
- 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: Protacanthopterygii Target entity description: Protacanthopterygii is a superorder of primarily freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes groups such as pikes, salmons, and their relatives.
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A.
Neopterygii
Neopterygii is a major clade of ray-finned fishes that includes most modern fish species, characterized by more advanced jaw mechanics and fin structures compared to more primitive actinopterygians.
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B.
Acanthodii
Acanthodii are an extinct class of early jawed fishes, often called "spiny sharks," that played a key role in the evolution of vertebrate jaws and fins.
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C.
Acanthopterygii
Acanthopterygii is a large and diverse superorder of spiny-finned ray-finned fishes that includes many familiar marine and freshwater species.
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D.
Ostariophysi
Ostariophysi is a large superorder of primarily freshwater bony fishes that includes carps, minnows, catfishes, and related groups characterized by the Weberian apparatus linking the swim bladder to the inner ear.
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E.
Paracanthopterygii
Paracanthopterygii is a superorder of mostly marine, often bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes cods and their relatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
superorder of fishes
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taxon ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | streamlined ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| containsAnadromousSpecies | true ⓘ |
| containsColdWaterSpecies | true ⓘ |
| containsCommerciallyImportantSpecies | true ⓘ |
| containsInvasiveSpecies | true ⓘ |
| containsMigratorySpecies | true ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Northern Hemisphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
mid-trophic-level predators
ⓘ
prey for larger fishes and mammals ⓘ |
| eggType | external fertilization ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | protacanthopterygians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Argentiniformes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Esociformes NERFINISHED ⓘ Osmeriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ Salmoniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeGenus |
Esox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oncorhynchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Osmerus NERFINISHED ⓘ Salmo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Teleostei ⓘ |
| includes |
galaxiids
ⓘ
pikes ⓘ salmons ⓘ smelts ⓘ trouts ⓘ |
| infraclass | Teleostei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| infraphylum | Gnathostomata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jawType | jawed vertebrates ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
important commercial fisheries
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recreational sport fishing ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionMode | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony ⓘ |
| subclass | Neopterygii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superclass | Osteichthyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | superorder ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
coastal marine waters
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freshwater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Protacanthopterygii Description of subject: Protacanthopterygii is a superorder of primarily freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes groups such as pikes, salmons, and their relatives.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.