Aesopia

{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Unicorn sole | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Munroe, T. |date=2016 |title=''Aesopia cornuta'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T56852510A57244866 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T56852510A57244866.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | image =Aesopia_cornuta.jpg | taxon = Aesopia cornuta | authority = Kaup, 1858<ref>{{cite journal| title=Uebersicht der Soleinae, der vierten Subfamilie der Pleuronectidae| date=1858| last1=Kaup| first1=J. J.| journal=Archiv für Naturgeschichte| volume=24| issue=1| pages=94–104 [97]| doi=10.5962/bhl.part.5286| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7459862}}</ref> }}

'''''Aesopia cornuta''''' is a species of sole native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Its common names include the '''unicorn sole''',<ref name="fishbase">{{FishBase |genus= Aesopia|species= cornuta| month = December | year = 2012}}</ref> '''thickray sole''', '''banded sole''', and '''dark thick-rayed sole'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:88851e9c-bc9c-4a5c-81c3-e4b1e1f87047#names|work=Atlas of Living Australia|title=''Aesopia cornuta'' Kaup, 1858: Thickray Sole|access-date=2016-08-04}}</ref> This species grows to a standard length of {{cvt|25|cm|in}}, and is the only known member of its genus.<ref name="fishbase" />

==See also== * ''Pseudaesopia'' and ''Zebrias'', two related genera with similar striped patterns

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Category:Soleidae Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup Category:Fish described in 1858 Category:Monotypic fish genera