Review of the soles of the genus Aseraggodes of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of three new species

The Indo-Pacific soleid fish genus Aseraggodes is represented by eight species in the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea: A. brevirostris, n. sp., described from two specimens from the Comoro Islands; A. diringeri Quero, type locality, Reunion, recorded here from Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoro Islands. KwaZulu-Natal, and Kenya; A. guttulatus Kaup, the type species of the genus. known from one specimen from Reunion, A. heemstrai, n. sp., described from 16 specimens from KwaZulu-Natal; A. jenny, n. sp., described from one specimen from Mauritius; A. sinusarabici Chabanaud. known from 9 adult syntypes taken by trawling in 35-68 m the Gulf of Suez (one designated as lectotype); A. steinitzi Joglekar, described from three small specimens from the southern Red Sea (none available for study); and A. umbratilis (Alcock), described from five specimens (one designated as lectotype) taken by trawling at depths of 70-271 m in the Bay of Bengal and later reported from the Arabian Sea.