Solea (fish)
| Solea | |
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| Common sole (S. solea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | Solea Quensel, 1806 |
| Type species | |
| Solea solea | |
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Microbuglossus Günther, 1862 | |
Solea is a genus of soles from the Indo-Pacific and East Atlantic Oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Species
[edit]The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Solea aegyptiaca Chabanaud, 1927 (Egyptian sole)
- Solea capensis Gilchrist, 1902
- Solea elongata F. Day, 1877 (elongated sole)
- Solea heinii Steindachner, 1903
- Solea ovata J. Richardson, 1846 (ovate sole)
- Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858 (Senegalese sole)
- Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) (common sole)
- Solea stanalandi J. E. Randall & McCarthy, 1989 (Stanaland's sole)
- Solea turbynei Gilchrist, 1904
Other sources also mention:[2]
- Solea Eocenica Woodward, 1910
- Solea PriscaCiobanu, 1977
- Solea RotundaPriem, 1914
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Solea". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ "solea". mindat.
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