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Aesopia cornuta Kaup, 1858

Unicorn sole
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from southern (rarely found in Nanwan (Ref. 43538) Taiwan (Ref. 43515). Reported from the Penghu Islands (Ref. 43515, 55073).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 Ekologi

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 8 - 100 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Mozambique, South Africa, India and Japan. Reported from Indonesia and northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 48637)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 69 - 79; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 59 - 66; Ryggkotor: 46. Greyish or brown, with 15-16 dark bars edged with black (the first 3 bars on head); caudal fin blackish with pale spots (Ref. 3200).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in coastal waters (Ref. 30573), on sand or mud bottoms to at least 100 m (Ref. 9710, 11230, 48637).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Heemstra, P.C. and O. Gon, 1986. Soleidae. p. 868-874. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3200)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.3 - 29.1, mean 28 (based on 1750 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00473 - 0.02021), b=3.07 (2.90 - 3.24), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.