Common name | Aesop sole |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Locality | |
Ref. | Kailola, P.J., 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st modifier | person (eponym) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'sole', i.e., flatfish, borrowed from Old French in the sense of 'flatfish', a metaphorical extension based on the similarity in shape between the fish and the sole of the foot (Ref. 11979); Aesop was a Greek fabulist (Ref, 11978). |