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Aseraggodes

Aseraggodes is a genus of soles native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. These small flatfishes are poisonous.

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Aseraggodes
Aseraggodes diringeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Soleidae
Genus: Aseraggodes
Kaup, 1858
Type species
Aseraggodes guttulatus
Kaup, 1858
Synonyms
  • Beaufortella Chabanaud, 1943
  • Coryphillus Chabanaud, 1931
  • Parachirus Matsubara & Ochiai, 1963

Aseraggodes is a genus of soles native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. These small flatfishes are poisonous.1

A dwarf sole (Aseraggodes xenicus) at Las Vegas Exotic Fish, an aquarium store. source ↗

Species

It is by far the most species rich genus in the family Soleidae, as there currently are 54 recognized species:23

References

References

  1. Randall, J. E. (2007). Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. ISBN 1-929054-03-3
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aseraggodes". FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. Randall, J.E., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2013): Four new soles (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) of the genus Aseraggodes from the western Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 8: 1-17.