Corydoras
E810693
Corydoras is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater catfish popular in aquariums and native to South American rivers and streams.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corydoras canonical | 2 |
| Corydoradinae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9603845 — 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: Corydoras Context triple: [Callichthyidae, containsGenus, Corydoras]
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A.
Rasbora
Rasbora is a genus of small, schooling freshwater fish popular in aquariums and native to rivers and streams across South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Ancistrus cirrhosus
Ancistrus cirrhosus is a small South American freshwater catfish, commonly known as the bristlenose pleco, popular in aquariums for its algae-eating habits and distinctive facial bristles.
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C.
Platy
Platy is a village on the Greek island of Lemnos in the northern Aegean Sea.
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D.
Poecilia
Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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E.
Loricariidae
Loricariidae is a large family of armored freshwater catfish native primarily to South America, commonly known as plecos or suckermouth catfish.
- 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: Corydoras Target entity description: Corydoras is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater catfish popular in aquariums and native to South American rivers and streams.
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A.
Rasbora
Rasbora is a genus of small, schooling freshwater fish popular in aquariums and native to rivers and streams across South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Ancistrus cirrhosus
Ancistrus cirrhosus is a small South American freshwater catfish, commonly known as the bristlenose pleco, popular in aquariums for its algae-eating habits and distinctive facial bristles.
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C.
Platy
Platy is a village on the Greek island of Lemnos in the northern Aegean Sea.
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D.
Poecilia
Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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E.
Loricariidae
Loricariidae is a large family of armored freshwater catfish native primarily to South America, commonly known as plecos or suckermouth catfish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus of fish
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taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| bodyShape | armored catfish ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
cory catfish
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cory cats ⓘ corydoras catfish ⓘ |
| describedBy | Charles Tate Regan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | bottom-dwelling fish ⓘ |
| family | Callichthyidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingHabit |
benthic forager
ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ |
| habitat |
floodplains
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freshwater rivers ⓘ small tributaries ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | intestinal respiration ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
air-gulping behavior
ⓘ
bony plates along body ⓘ downturned mouth ⓘ small size ⓘ two pairs of barbels ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Corydoras aeneus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corydoras julii NERFINISHED ⓘ Corydoras paleatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Corydoras panda NERFINISHED ⓘ Corydoras sterbai NERFINISHED ⓘ Corydoras trilineatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPopularIn |
aquarium trade
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home aquariums ⓘ |
| keptFor | algae and leftover food cleanup in aquariums ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Amazon Basin
NERFINISHED
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Orinoco Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraná River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Siluriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
egg-laying
ⓘ
external fertilization ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
schooling fish
ⓘ
shoaling fish ⓘ |
| subfamily | Corydoradinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Corydoras geoffroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalSize | 2–7 cm standard length ⓘ |
| waterPreference |
slightly acidic water
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soft 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: Corydoras Description of subject: Corydoras is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater catfish popular in aquariums and native to South American rivers and streams.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Corydoradinae