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Aesopia cornuta Kaup, 1858

Unicorn sole
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Philippines country information

Common names: Darapa, Tampal
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Caught by trawl in the seagrass beds of Bolinao.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: McManus, J.W., C.L. Nañola Jr., R.B. Reyes Jr. and K.N. Kesner, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Língua cornuda, Sarviantura, Tsuno-ushinoshita, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Soleidae (Soles)
Etymology: Aesopia: Term related to Latin fabulae; Quintilian recognized the existence of the Aesopia as "beast fable"..
  More on author: Kaup.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 8 - 100 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical

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