Aesopia [Aesopia]
Description
Aesopia includes slender soles that inhabit the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. These fishes are distinguished by their highly elongated bodies and small heads. They occupy sandy and muddy bottoms in shallow coastal waters, where they feed on small benthic organisms.
Species
Aesopia Snake Eel [Aesopia cornuta]
View DetailsAesopia Kaup's Snake Eel [Aesopia kaupii]
View DetailsTaxonomy
Phylum |
Chordates
Chordata
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Class |
Fish
Actinopterygii
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Order |
Flatfishes
Pleuronectiformes
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Family |
Soles
Soleidae
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Statistics
- Species 2