Silurus asotus
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Silurus asotus is a freshwater catfish species native to East Asia, commonly known as the Amur or Japanese catfish, and is an important component of regional river and lake ecosystems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silurus asotus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541483 — 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: Silurus asotus Context triple: [Siluridae, includesTaxon, Silurus asotus]
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A.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
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B.
Esomus
Esomus is a genus of small Asian freshwater cyprinid fishes commonly known as flying barbs, noted for their elongated bodies and barbels.
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C.
Silurus glanis
Silurus glanis, commonly known as the Wels catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to European and parts of Asian rivers and lakes, renowned for its impressive size and predatory behavior.
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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.
Trisopterus luscus
Trisopterus luscus is a small marine fish species commonly known as pouting, found in the northeastern Atlantic and often caught in coastal fisheries.
- 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: Silurus asotus Target entity description: Silurus asotus is a freshwater catfish species native to East Asia, commonly known as the Amur or Japanese catfish, and is an important component of regional river and lake ecosystems.
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A.
Esox
Esox is a genus of predatory freshwater fish that includes pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and ambush-hunting behavior in Northern Hemisphere waters.
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B.
Esomus
Esomus is a genus of small Asian freshwater cyprinid fishes commonly known as flying barbs, noted for their elongated bodies and barbels.
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C.
Silurus glanis
Silurus glanis, commonly known as the Wels catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to European and parts of Asian rivers and lakes, renowned for its impressive size and predatory behavior.
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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.
Trisopterus luscus
Trisopterus luscus is a small marine fish species commonly known as pouting, found in the northeastern Atlantic and often caught in coastal fisheries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
catfish
ⓘ
species of fish ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| authority | Linnaeus, 1758 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| binomialName | Silurus asotus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse | food fish ⓘ |
| commonName |
Amur catfish
ⓘ
Japanese catfish ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ insects ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| environment | benthic ⓘ |
| family | Siluridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Amur River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Biwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
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lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasBarbels | true ⓘ |
| hasScales | scaleless or very small scales ⓘ |
| importance |
ecologically important in regional lake ecosystems
ⓘ
ecologically important in regional river ecosystems ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 130 cm ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 10 kg ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Silurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays eggs in nests ⓘ |
| reproductionSeason | late spring to summer ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | predator ⓘ |
| waterPreference |
slow-flowing waters
ⓘ
stagnant waters ⓘ |
| 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: Silurus asotus Description of subject: Silurus asotus is a freshwater catfish species native to East Asia, commonly known as the Amur or Japanese catfish, and is an important component of regional river and lake ecosystems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.