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]
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Aesopia Kaup's Snake Eel [Aesopia kaupii]
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Taxonomy
Phylum Chordates
Chordata
Class Fish
Actinopterygii
Order Flatfishes
Pleuronectiformes
Family Soles
Soleidae
Statistics
  • Species 2