Porichthyidae
E891140
Porichthyidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as midshipman fishes, noted for their bioluminescent organs and vocal courtship behaviors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Porichthyidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10498981 — 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: Porichthyidae Context triple: [Batrachoidiformes, includesFamily, Porichthyidae]
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Paralichthyidae
Paralichthyidae is a family of large, bottom-dwelling flatfishes commonly known as sand flounders or large-tooth flounders, many of which are important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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B.
Derichthyidae
Derichthyidae is a family of deep-sea eel-like fishes within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as longneck eels.
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C.
Atherinopsidae
Atherinopsidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as New World silversides, found primarily in marine and freshwater coastal habitats of the Americas.
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D.
Atherinidae
Atherinidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
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E.
Ptilichthyidae
Ptilichthyidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the suborder Zoarcoidei, known for their elongated, eel-like bodies and deep-sea habitat.
- 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: Porichthyidae Target entity description: Porichthyidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as midshipman fishes, noted for their bioluminescent organs and vocal courtship behaviors.
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A.
Paralichthyidae
Paralichthyidae is a family of large, bottom-dwelling flatfishes commonly known as sand flounders or large-tooth flounders, many of which are important in commercial and recreational fisheries.
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B.
Derichthyidae
Derichthyidae is a family of deep-sea eel-like fishes within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as longneck eels.
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C.
Atherinopsidae
Atherinopsidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as New World silversides, found primarily in marine and freshwater coastal habitats of the Americas.
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D.
Atherinidae
Atherinidae is a family of small, silvery ray-finned fishes commonly known as silversides, found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
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E.
Ptilichthyidae
Ptilichthyidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the suborder Zoarcoidei, known for their elongated, eel-like bodies and deep-sea habitat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish family
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ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| behavior |
acoustic communication
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nocturnal activity ⓘ |
| bioluminescenceFunction |
camouflage
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communication ⓘ |
| bioluminescenceType | intrinsic bioluminescence ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | midshipman fishes ⓘ |
| courtship | male humming calls to attract females ⓘ |
| diet |
benthic invertebrates
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crustaceans ⓘ small fishes ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal waters of the Americas ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | underside of rocks ⓘ |
| environment | benthic ⓘ |
| habitat | marine ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
benthic lifestyle
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bioluminescent organs ⓘ broad flattened head ⓘ cryptic coloration ⓘ large mouth ⓘ photophores arranged in rows ⓘ sound production using swim bladder ⓘ vocal courtship behavior ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | resemblance of photophores to naval midshipman buttons ⓘ |
| notableGenus | Porichthys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Porichthys myriaster
NERFINISHED
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Porichthys notatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Batrachoidiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentalCare | male guards eggs ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedOrder | Toadfishes ⓘ |
| reproduction |
egg guarding by males
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external fertilization ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model for studying acoustic communication
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model for studying vertebrate hearing ⓘ |
| soundType |
grunt
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hum ⓘ |
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: Porichthyidae Description of subject: Porichthyidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as midshipman fishes, noted for their bioluminescent organs and vocal courtship behaviors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.