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Aseraggodes

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Genus of fishes

Aseraggodes
Aseraggodes diringeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
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.

Species

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

References

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