Aesopia

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{{Speciesbox

| name = Unicorn sole

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Munroe, T. |date=2016 |title=Aesopia cornuta |volume=2016 |page=e.T56852510A57244866 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T56852510A57244866.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| image =Aesopia_cornuta.jpg

| taxon = Aesopia cornuta

| authority = Kaup, 1858{{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}}

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Aesopia cornuta is a species of sole native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Its common names include the unicorn sole,{{FishBase |genus= Aesopia|species= cornuta| month = December | year = 2012}} thickray sole, banded sole, and dark thick-rayed sole.{{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|accessdate=2016-08-04}} This species grows to a standard length of {{cvt|25|cm|in}}, and is the only known member of its genus.