Poecilia wingei
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Poecilia wingei, commonly known as the Endler's livebearer, is a small, brightly colored freshwater fish popular in aquariums and closely related to the guppy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Poecilia wingei canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11126583 — 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: Poecilia wingei Context triple: [Poecilia, hasSpecies, Poecilia wingei]
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A.
Poecilia
Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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B.
Xiphophorus
Xiphophorus is a genus of small freshwater fish, including popular aquarium species like platies and swordtails, known for their vivid colors and importance in genetic and cancer research.
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C.
Brachyrhaphis roseni
Brachyrhaphis roseni is a small livebearing freshwater fish species in the family Poeciliidae, native to Central American streams.
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D.
Pterophyllum scalare
Pterophyllum scalare is a popular freshwater angelfish species known for its tall, laterally compressed body and long, flowing fins, commonly kept in home aquariums.
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E.
Notropis
Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
- 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: Poecilia wingei Target entity description: Poecilia wingei, commonly known as the Endler's livebearer, is a small, brightly colored freshwater fish popular in aquariums and closely related to the guppy.
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A.
Poecilia
Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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B.
Xiphophorus
Xiphophorus is a genus of small freshwater fish, including popular aquarium species like platies and swordtails, known for their vivid colors and importance in genetic and cancer research.
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C.
Brachyrhaphis roseni
Brachyrhaphis roseni is a small livebearing freshwater fish species in the family Poeciliidae, native to Central American streams.
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D.
Pterophyllum scalare
Pterophyllum scalare is a popular freshwater angelfish species known for its tall, laterally compressed body and long, flowing fins, commonly kept in home aquariums.
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E.
Notropis
Notropis is a genus of small freshwater fish commonly known as shiners, widely distributed in North American rivers and streams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
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live-bearing fish ⓘ ray-finned fish ⓘ |
| aquariumCareLevel | beginner-friendly ⓘ |
| aquariumTrade | popular aquarium fish ⓘ |
| behavior | peaceful ⓘ |
| breeding | easy in captivity ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| closeRelativeOf | guppy ⓘ |
| commonName |
Endler guppy
NERFINISHED
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Endler's livebearer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | threat from habitat degradation ⓘ |
| describedBy | John A. Endler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
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biofilm ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ |
| family | Poeciliidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| femaleColoration | drab ⓘ |
| genus | Poecilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 3–4 weeks ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater lagoons
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slow-moving freshwater streams ⓘ vegetated shallow waters ⓘ |
| hybridizesWith | Poecilia reticulata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | data deficient ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | 2–3 years ⓘ |
| maleColoration | brightly colored ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John A. Endler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Campoma region
NERFINISHED
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Laguna de Patos NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offspringType | free-swimming fry ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pHPreference | neutral to slightly alkaline ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Poecilia reticulata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | live-bearing ⓘ |
| requires |
stable water parameters
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well-planted aquarium ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | shoaling ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalFemaleLength | 3.0–4.5 cm GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalMaleLength | 2.0–3.0 cm ⓘ |
| waterTemperaturePreference | 24–28 °C ⓘ |
| 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: Poecilia wingei Description of subject: Poecilia wingei, commonly known as the Endler's livebearer, is a small, brightly colored freshwater fish popular in aquariums and closely related to the guppy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.