Clinostomus
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Clinostomus is a small genus of North American freshwater minnows known for their streamlined bodies and preference for cool, clear streams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clinostomus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9611671 — 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: Clinostomus Context triple: [Leuciscidae, containsGenus, Clinostomus]
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A.
Pimelodus
Pimelodus is a genus of freshwater catfish native mainly to South American river systems, known for their elongated bodies and prominent barbels.
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B.
Phractocephalus
Phractocephalus is a genus of large South American freshwater catfish best known for the popular aquarium and game species redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus).
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C.
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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D.
Callichthys
Callichthys is a genus of armored catfish native to freshwater habitats in South America, known for their bony plates and air-breathing ability.
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E.
Clarias
Clarias is a genus of airbreathing catfishes commonly known as walking catfish, found in freshwater habitats across Africa and Asia.
- 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: Clinostomus Target entity description: Clinostomus is a small genus of North American freshwater minnows known for their streamlined bodies and preference for cool, clear streams.
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A.
Pimelodus
Pimelodus is a genus of freshwater catfish native mainly to South American river systems, known for their elongated bodies and prominent barbels.
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B.
Phractocephalus
Phractocephalus is a genus of large South American freshwater catfish best known for the popular aquarium and game species redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus).
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C.
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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D.
Nemachilichthys
Nemachilichthys is a genus of small freshwater stone loaches native to South Asia, known for inhabiting fast-flowing streams and rivers.
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E.
Callichthys
Callichthys is a genus of armored catfish native to freshwater habitats in South America, known for their bony plates and air-breathing ability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | minnows ⓘ |
| bodyShape | streamlined ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName |
clinostomus minnows
ⓘ
redside dace NERFINISHED ⓘ rosyside dace ⓘ |
| distribution | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | small insectivorous fish ⓘ |
| family |
Cyprinidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyprinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingType | omnivorous ⓘ |
| foundIn |
creeks
ⓘ
small rivers ⓘ |
| genus |
Clinostomus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clinostomus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
clear streams
ⓘ
cool streams ⓘ freshwater ⓘ |
| hasScales | true ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Clinostomus elongatus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clinostomus funduloides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| isEctothermic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbType | paired fins ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region | eastern North America ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | gills ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| subfamily | Leuciscinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment | riffles and runs of streams ⓘ |
| waterPreference | well-oxygenated water ⓘ |
| 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: Clinostomus Description of subject: Clinostomus is a small genus of North American freshwater minnows known for their streamlined bodies and preference for cool, clear streams.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.