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Aesopia

Aesopia cornuta is a species of sole native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Its common names include the unicorn sole, thickray sole, banded sole, and dark thick-rayed sole. This species grows to a standard length of 25 cm (9.8 in), and is the only known member of its genus.

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Unicorn sole
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Soleidae
Genus: Aesopia
Species:
A. cornuta
Binomial name
Aesopia cornuta
Kaup, 18582

Aesopia cornuta is a species of sole native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Its common names include the unicorn sole,3 thickray sole, banded sole, and dark thick-rayed sole.4 This species grows to a standard length of 25 cm (9.8 in), and is the only known member of its genus.3

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References

  1. Munroe, T. (2016). "Aesopia cornuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T56852510A57244866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T56852510A57244866.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Kaup, J. J. (1858). "Uebersicht der Soleinae, der vierten Subfamilie der Pleuronectidae". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 24 (1): 94–104 [97]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.5286.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aesopia cornuta". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. "Aesopia cornuta Kaup, 1858: Thickray Sole". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2016-08-04.