Poecilia formosa
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Poecilia formosa, commonly known as the Amazon molly, is a small freshwater fish notable for its all-female, gynogenetic reproduction, relying on sperm from related species to trigger development of its clonal offspring.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Poecilia formosa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11126606 — 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 formosa Context triple: [Poecilia, hasNotableSpecies, Poecilia formosa]
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A.
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia reticulata, commonly known as the guppy, is a small, colorful freshwater fish popular in aquariums and widely studied in evolutionary biology and ecology.
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B.
Poecilia latipinna
Poecilia latipinna, commonly known as the sailfin molly, is a small, hardy freshwater fish popular in aquariums and native to the coastal waters of the southeastern United States and Mexico.
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C.
Poecilia wingei
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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D.
Poecilia
Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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E.
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.
- 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 formosa Target entity description: Poecilia formosa, commonly known as the Amazon molly, is a small freshwater fish notable for its all-female, gynogenetic reproduction, relying on sperm from related species to trigger development of its clonal offspring.
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A.
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia reticulata, commonly known as the guppy, is a small, colorful freshwater fish popular in aquariums and widely studied in evolutionary biology and ecology.
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B.
Poecilia latipinna
Poecilia latipinna, commonly known as the sailfin molly, is a small, hardy freshwater fish popular in aquariums and native to the coastal waters of the southeastern United States and Mexico.
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C.
Poecilia wingei
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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D.
Poecilia
Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes popular aquarium species such as guppies and mollies.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
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ray-finned fish ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Poeciliinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 46 ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | Amazon molly ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| developmentType | ovoviviparous ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Carl Leavitt Hubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Poeciliidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fertilizationType | internal fertilization ⓘ |
| finType | soft-rayed fins ⓘ |
| genus | Poecilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | Gulf of Mexico coastal drainages ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal lagoons
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freshwater ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hybridParents |
Poecilia latipinna
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Poecilia mexicana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lateralLine | present ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Leavitt Hubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
northeastern Mexico
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southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeToCountry |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
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United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offspringGenetics | clonal offspring ⓘ |
| order | Cyprinodontiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | hybrid species ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| ploidy | diploid ⓘ |
| reproductionType | asexual reproduction ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode |
all-female reproduction
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gynogenesis ⓘ |
| requiresSpermFrom |
Poecilia latipinna
NERFINISHED
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Poecilia mexicana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualSystem |
all-female
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unisexual ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedAsModelOrganismIn |
evolutionary biology
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genetics ⓘ reproductive biology ⓘ |
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 formosa Description of subject: Poecilia formosa, commonly known as the Amazon molly, is a small freshwater fish notable for its all-female, gynogenetic reproduction, relying on sperm from related species to trigger development of its clonal offspring.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.