Hypophthalmus
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Hypophthalmus is a genus of South American freshwater catfish known for their elongated bodies and schooling, planktivorous behavior in large river systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hypophthalmus canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Neotropical ichthyofauna ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | South American freshwater catfish ⓘ |
| conservationRelevance | important component of riverine fish communities ⓘ |
| describedAs | South American river catfish genus ⓘ |
| diet |
phytoplankton
ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ |
| distribution |
Amazon River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orinoco River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ other large South American river systems ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | pelagic planktivore ⓘ |
| economicUse |
fisheries resource
ⓘ
food fish ⓘ |
| environment | lotic systems ⓘ |
| family | Pimelodidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | planktivorous ⓘ |
| foundIn |
floodplain lakes
ⓘ
main river channels ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
large river systems ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Hypophthalmus edentatus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hypophthalmus fimbriatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hypophthalmus marginatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hypophthalmus oremaculatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | pelagic ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming ⓘ |
| nativeTo | South America ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
forms large schools in open water
ⓘ
specialized for filter-feeding on plankton ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Pimelodidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region | tropical South America ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | schooling ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | secondary consumer ⓘ |
| waterType | tropical 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: Hypophthalmus Description of subject: Hypophthalmus is a genus of South American freshwater catfish known for their elongated bodies and schooling, planktivorous behavior in large river systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.