Scaridae
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Scaridae is a family of brightly colored marine fish commonly known as parrotfishes, recognized for their beak-like teeth and important role in coral reef ecosystems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scaridae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10877721 — 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: Scaridae Context triple: [Labroidei, includesFamily, Scaridae]
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A.
Palinuridae
Palinuridae is a family of spiny lobsters characterized by their long antennae, robust bodies, and lack of large claws, found in warm and temperate seas worldwide.
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B.
Belonidae
Belonidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine and freshwater fishes commonly known as needlefishes, characterized by their long, slender jaws filled with sharp teeth.
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C.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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D.
Bathygadidae
Bathygadidae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes known for inhabiting bathyal ocean depths and belonging to the order Gadiformes.
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E.
Moridae
Moridae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes known for their elongated bodies and occurrence in cold and temperate ocean waters worldwide.
- 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: Scaridae Target entity description: Scaridae is a family of brightly colored marine fish commonly known as parrotfishes, recognized for their beak-like teeth and important role in coral reef ecosystems.
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A.
Palinuridae
Palinuridae is a family of spiny lobsters characterized by their long antennae, robust bodies, and lack of large claws, found in warm and temperate seas worldwide.
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B.
Belonidae
Belonidae is a family of elongated, predatory marine and freshwater fishes commonly known as needlefishes, characterized by their long, slender jaws filled with sharp teeth.
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C.
Sebastidae
Sebastidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as rockfishes, many of which are long-lived, bottom-dwelling species important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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D.
Bathygadidae
Bathygadidae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes known for inhabiting bathyal ocean depths and belonging to the order Gadiformes.
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E.
Moridae
Moridae is a family of deep-sea cod-like fishes known for their elongated bodies and occurrence in cold and temperate ocean waters worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
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taxon ⓘ |
| behavior |
diurnal activity pattern
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nighttime resting in reef crevices ⓘ some species form sleeping mucus cocoons ⓘ |
| characteristic |
beak-like teeth
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brightly colored body ⓘ cycloid scales ⓘ fused dental plates ⓘ robust jaws ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | parrotfishes ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | declines can reduce reef health ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
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benthic algae ⓘ epilithic algal turf ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical seas
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tropical seas ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
bioeroder
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controller of algal growth on reefs ⓘ coral reef sediment producer ⓘ herbivore ⓘ |
| feedingMechanism |
excavating reef framework while feeding
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scraping algae from hard substrates ⓘ |
| habitat |
coral reef
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marine environment ⓘ |
| humanUse |
food fish
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target of artisanal fisheries ⓘ |
| importance |
important for coral reef resilience
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key coral reef ecosystem engineer ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeHistory | often protogynous hermaphrodites ⓘ |
| locomotion | primarily pectoral fin swimming ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Chlorurus
NERFINISHED
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Hipposcarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Scarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparisoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Labriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| product | coral sand via bioerosion ⓘ |
| reproduction |
external fertilization
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pelagic eggs ⓘ |
| sizeRange | small to medium-sized fishes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threat |
coral reef decline
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habitat degradation ⓘ overfishing ⓘ |
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: Scaridae Description of subject: Scaridae is a family of brightly colored marine fish commonly known as parrotfishes, recognized for their beak-like teeth and important role in coral reef ecosystems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.