Solea (fish)

Genus of fishes

Solea

Common sole (S. solea)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Pleuronectiformes
Family:  | Soleidae
Genus:  | Solea
Quensel, 1806
Type species
Solea solea

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Microbuglossus Günther, 1862

Solea is a genus of soles from the Indo-Pacific and East Atlantic Oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.

## Species

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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

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1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Solea". FishBase. December 2012 version.
2. ^ "solea". mindat.

Taxon identifiers

Solea|

* Wikidata: Q531725
* Wikispecies: Solea
* ADW: Solea
* APNI: 71237
* BOLD: 3408
* CoL: 644D9
* EPPO: 1SOLAG
* GBIF: 2408295
* iNaturalist: 55398
* ITIS: 173000
* NBN: NBNSYS0000178016
* NCBI: 28828
* Open Tree of Life: 367001
* Paleobiology Database: 36277
* WoRMS: 126132

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