| 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). |