Paracobitis
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Paracobitis is a genus of stone loaches, small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes native mainly to rivers and streams of Central and Western Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paracobitis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9531676 — 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: Paracobitis Context triple: [Nemacheilidae, containsGenus, Paracobitis]
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A.
Lepidocephalichthys
Lepidocephalichthys is a genus of small freshwater loaches native mainly to South and Southeast Asia, known for their elongated bodies and bottom-dwelling habits in slow-moving or standing waters.
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B.
Misgurnus
Misgurnus is a genus of small, elongated freshwater loaches commonly known as weather loaches or dojo loaches, found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
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C.
Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their open-ocean, often deep-water habitats and distinctive, colorful patterns.
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D.
Xenophysogobio
Xenophysogobio is a genus of small freshwater cyprinid fishes native to East Asia, known from fast-flowing rivers and streams.
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E.
Squalidus
Squalidus is a genus of small freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
- 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: Paracobitis Target entity description: Paracobitis is a genus of stone loaches, small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes native mainly to rivers and streams of Central and Western Asia.
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A.
Lepidocephalichthys
Lepidocephalichthys is a genus of small freshwater loaches native mainly to South and Southeast Asia, known for their elongated bodies and bottom-dwelling habits in slow-moving or standing waters.
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B.
Misgurnus
Misgurnus is a genus of small, elongated freshwater loaches commonly known as weather loaches or dojo loaches, found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
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C.
Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their open-ocean, often deep-water habitats and distinctive, colorful patterns.
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D.
Xenophysogobio
Xenophysogobio is a genus of small freshwater cyprinid fishes native to East Asia, known from fast-flowing rivers and streams.
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E.
Squalidus
Squalidus is a genus of small freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in rivers and streams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| associatedBiome | riverine ecosystems GENERATED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | subfamily Nemacheilinae GENERATED ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated GENERATED ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | stone loaches GENERATED ⓘ |
| distribution |
Central Asia
GENERATED
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Western Asia GENERATED ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | bottom-dwelling fish GENERATED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
benthic invertebrate predator
GENERATED
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prey for larger fishes GENERATED ⓘ |
| environment | freshwater benthic zone GENERATED ⓘ |
| family | Nemacheilidae GENERATED ⓘ |
| feedingType | benthic invertebrate feeder GENERATED ⓘ |
| finType | ray-finned GENERATED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
GENERATED
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rivers GENERATED ⓘ streams GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasGillType | bony fish gills GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Paracobitis atrakensis
GENERATED
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Paracobitis basharensis GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis boutanensis GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis hircanica GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis iranica GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis longicauda GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis malapterura GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis maolanensis GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis marmorata GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis molavii GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis persa GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis rhadinaea GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis smithi GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis vignai GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis wossnessenskii GENERATED ⓘ Paracobitis zabgawraensis GENERATED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic GENERATED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central Asia
GENERATED
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Western Asia GENERATED ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes GENERATED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Nemacheilidae GENERATED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous GENERATED ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish GENERATED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalSize | small GENERATED ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater GENERATED ⓘ |
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: Paracobitis Description of subject: Paracobitis is a genus of stone loaches, small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes native mainly to rivers and streams of Central and Western Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.