Aesop Sole

Description: Characterized by adult with white to tan brown color with numerous dark brown lines or narrow bars across body and dorsal and anal fins; dorsal and anal fins with white margin and broad blue to blackish submarginal zone; pale caudal fin with black outer border; branched pectoral rays on eyed side 7-9, on blind side 6-8; ctenoid scales; elongate body, greatest depth 2.7-3.5 in SL; head length 6.0-6.8 in SL; small eyes and nearly continuous (minimal interorbital space); tubular anterior nostril longer than eye; ventral edge of head with fringe of cirri (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 87 - 102; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 72 - 87; Vertebrae: 50

Occurs in shallow protected sandy areas of lagoon and seaward reefs. Buries itself beneath the sand, exposing only its eye and tubular nostril. Moves extremely fast when disturbed and is difficult to detect when it resettles. Apparently more active at night (Ref. 1602).

Occurs in shallow protected sandy areas of lagoon and seaward reefs. Buries itself beneath the sand, exposing only its eye and tubular nostril. Moves extremely fast when disturbed and is difficult to detect when it resettles. Apparently more active at night (Ref. 1602, 48637).

分布於印度-太平洋區，西起印度，東至薩摩亞，北至日本，南至澳洲。台灣西部、北部、南部及小琉球海域有產。

異鼻鰨沙的體形較小，味道也不甚好，雖然可以食用，並無要經濟價值，因其體色斑紋較特殊，可以做為觀賞用魚。

體長橢圓形，甚側扁；眼在右側或左側，兩眼接近；眼間隔處具鱗片；眼側之鼻管長，達下眼中央之後。口小，前位，微歪；僅盲側頜齒發達。鰓膜與胸鰭上方鰭條相連，胸鰭鰭條不分支；尾鰭與背、臀鰭分離；兩側被櫛鱗，側線被圓鱗。眼側體淺褐色，具許多黑色波紋或不規則色帶及斑點，尾鰭外緣黑色。

主要棲息於淺珊瑚礁區波浪不強的砂地上、珊瑚礁的向海面或潟湖湖。夜行性。以底棲性動物為食。

Blue edged sole (Soleichthys heterorhinos) is a sole from the Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 18 cm.

Soleichthys heterorhinos exhibits biofluorescence, that is, when illuminated by blue or ultraviolet light, it re-emits it as red, and appears differently than under white light illumination. Biofluorescence potentially assists intraspecific communication and camouflage.