Characodon
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Characodon is a small genus of colorful, livebearing freshwater fishes native to Mexico, often kept in aquariums and of interest in conservation due to their restricted habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Characodon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11177113 — 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: Characodon Context triple: [Cyprinodontidae, hasMember, Characodon]
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A.
Woodburnodon
Woodburnodon is an extinct genus of South American marsupials within the order Microbiotheria, known from fossil remains that help illuminate early marsupial evolution in the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
Compsognathus
Compsognathus was a small, bipedal carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, known for its slender build and for being one of the first dinosaurs reconstructed from nearly complete skeletons.
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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.
Poebrotherium
Poebrotherium is an extinct early camelid genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of North America, known for its small, deer-like body and significance in camel evolution.
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E.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
- 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: Characodon Target entity description: Characodon is a small genus of colorful, livebearing freshwater fishes native to Mexico, often kept in aquariums and of interest in conservation due to their restricted habitats.
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A.
Woodburnodon
Woodburnodon is an extinct genus of South American marsupials within the order Microbiotheria, known from fossil remains that help illuminate early marsupial evolution in the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
Compsognathus
Compsognathus was a small, bipedal carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, known for its slender build and for being one of the first dinosaurs reconstructed from nearly complete skeletons.
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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.
Poebrotherium
Poebrotherium is an extinct early camelid genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of North America, known for its small, deer-like body and significance in camel evolution.
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E.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
fish species ⓘ fish species ⓘ fish species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToBiogeographicRegion | Lerma–Chapala–Grande hydrological region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| conservationIssues |
habitat loss
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introduction of non-native fishes ⓘ pollution ⓘ water extraction ⓘ |
| describedBy | Albert Günther NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1866 ⓘ |
| family |
Goodeidae
NERFINISHED
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Goodeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Goodeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Goodeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus |
Characodon
NERFINISHED
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Characodon NERFINISHED ⓘ Characodon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
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small streams ⓘ springs ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | Mexican redtail goodeids (group) ⓘ |
| hasRestrictedRange | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Characodon audax
NERFINISHED
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Characodon garmani NERFINISHED ⓘ Characodon lateralis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isColorful | true ⓘ |
| isEndemic | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKeptIn | aquariums ⓘ |
| isOfConservationConcern | true ⓘ |
| isPopularIn | goodeid hobbyist aquaria ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | captive breeding programs ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Durango, Mexico
NERFINISHED
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Durango, Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesa Central of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | livebearing ⓘ |
| subfamily | Goodeinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Characodon lateralis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Characodon Description of subject: Characodon is a small genus of colorful, livebearing freshwater fishes native to Mexico, often kept in aquariums and of interest in conservation due to their restricted habitats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.