Aseraggodes

Aseraggodes
Aseraggodes diringeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
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]

Species

It is by far the most species rich genus in the Soleidae family, as there currently are 54 recognized species:[2][3]

References

  1. Randall, J. E. (2007). Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. ISBN 1-929054-03-3
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Aseraggodes in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
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