Pangasianodon
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Pangasianodon is a genus of large freshwater catfish native to Southeast Asia, best known for species like the commercially important Mekong giant catfish.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pangasianodon canonical | 1 |
| Pangasianodon gigas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9651260 — 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: Pangasianodon Context triple: [Pangasiidae, includesTaxon, Pangasianodon]
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A.
Malapterurus
Malapterurus is a genus of electric catfishes known for their ability to generate strong electric discharges, native to freshwater habitats in Africa.
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B.
Cinetodus
Cinetodus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known from freshwater and coastal habitats in the Australasian region.
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C.
Serrivomer
Serrivomer is a genus of deep-sea sawtooth eels known for their elongated bodies and distinctive serrated jaws.
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D.
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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E.
Bagarius
Bagarius is a genus of large, predatory river catfishes native to South and Southeast Asia, known for their powerful build and fast-flowing freshwater habitats.
- 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: Pangasianodon Target entity description: Pangasianodon is a genus of large freshwater catfish native to Southeast Asia, best known for species like the commercially important Mekong giant catfish.
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A.
Malapterurus
Malapterurus is a genus of electric catfishes known for their ability to generate strong electric discharges, native to freshwater habitats in Africa.
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B.
Cinetodus
Cinetodus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known from freshwater and coastal habitats in the Australasian region.
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C.
Siluranodon
Siluranodon is a genus of African catfishes known for their elongated bodies and membership in the family Schilbeidae.
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D.
Serrivomer
Serrivomer is a genus of deep-sea sawtooth eels known for their elongated bodies and distinctive serrated jaws.
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E.
Misgurnus
Misgurnus is a genus of small, elongated freshwater loaches commonly known as weather loaches or dojo loaches, found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
catfish
ⓘ
catfish ⓘ fish genus ⓘ fish species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| bodyType | ray-finned fish ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
aquaculture
ⓘ
food industry ⓘ |
| commonName |
Mekong giant catfish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
iridescent shark NERFINISHED ⓘ striped catfish ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Critically Endangered ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Pangasianodon gigas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Chao Phraya River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mekong River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole | large riverine catfish ⓘ |
| family |
Pangasiidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pangasiidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Pangasiidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus |
Pangasianodon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pangasianodon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
Mekong River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ large rivers ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumLength | about 3 metres ⓘ |
| maximumWeight | over 300 kilograms ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pangasius (related catfish genus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Chao Phraya basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mekong basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mekong basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial importance as food fish
ⓘ
large body size of some species ⓘ |
| order |
Siluriformes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siluriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ Siluriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg-laying ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat degradation
ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aquaculture
ⓘ
aquarium trade ⓘ food fish ⓘ |
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: Pangasianodon Description of subject: Pangasianodon is a genus of large freshwater catfish native to Southeast Asia, best known for species like the commercially important Mekong giant catfish.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pangasianodon gigas