Pseudexostoma
E807534
Pseudexostoma is a genus of Asian sisorid catfishes adapted to fast-flowing, high-altitude river habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pseudexostoma canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9542117 — 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: Pseudexostoma Context triple: [Sisoridae, containsGenus, Pseudexostoma]
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A.
Exostoma
Exostoma is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling sisorid catfishes native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Pseudopungtungia
Pseudopungtungia is a small genus of freshwater cyprinid fishes native to East Asia, known for its specialized ecological adaptations and limited geographic distribution.
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C.
Preaxostyla
Preaxostyla is a group of unicellular, flagellated protists within the Excavata supergroup, characterized by distinctive cytoskeletal features and often associated with anaerobic or microaerophilic environments.
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D.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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E.
Spizocorys
Spizocorys is a genus of small larks in the family Alaudidae, comprising ground-dwelling passerine birds adapted to open, often arid habitats in Africa.
- 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: Pseudexostoma Target entity description: Pseudexostoma is a genus of Asian sisorid catfishes adapted to fast-flowing, high-altitude river habitats.
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A.
Exostoma
Exostoma is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling sisorid catfishes native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Pseudopungtungia
Pseudopungtungia is a small genus of freshwater cyprinid fishes native to East Asia, known for its specialized ecological adaptations and limited geographic distribution.
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C.
Preaxostyla
Preaxostyla is a group of unicellular, flagellated protists within the Excavata supergroup, characterized by distinctive cytoskeletal features and often associated with anaerobic or microaerophilic environments.
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D.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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E.
Spizocorys
Spizocorys is a genus of small larks in the family Alaudidae, comprising ground-dwelling passerine birds adapted to open, often arid habitats in Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptedTo |
fast currents
ⓘ
rheophilic conditions ⓘ rocky substrates ⓘ |
| bodyShape | dorsoventrally flattened body ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| describedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| diet | benthic invertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution | southwestern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole | benthic insectivore ⓘ |
| environment | freshwater ⓘ |
| family | Sisoridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Lancang River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ upper Yangtze River basin ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | upland river systems ⓘ |
| habitat |
fast-flowing rivers
ⓘ
high-altitude rivers ⓘ mountain streams ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | sisorid catfishes ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Pseudexostoma brachysoma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pseudexostoma longipterus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudexostoma mengae NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudexostoma yui NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudexostoma yunnanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | sisorid catfishes ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
adhesive apparatus on thorax
ⓘ
barbels around mouth ⓘ depressed head ⓘ enlarged paired fins ⓘ inferior mouth ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Sisoridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| substratePreference | rocky stream beds ⓘ |
| swimmingBehavior | bottom-dwelling ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | cool water ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Pseudexostoma yunnanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterType | clear, 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: Pseudexostoma Description of subject: Pseudexostoma is a genus of Asian sisorid catfishes adapted to fast-flowing, high-altitude river habitats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.