Solea (fish)
| Solea Temporal range:
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| Common sole (S. solea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | 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
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
The following fossil species are also known:[2]
- †Solea cuneiformis (de Bosniaski, 1880) - Late Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria[3]
- †Solea kirchbergana (von Meyer, 1848) - Early Miocene (Burdigalian) of Germany & Switzerland[4]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Solea". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ A.f, Bannikov (2001). "THE FIRST SOLEID FLATFISH (PLEURONECTIFORMES, SOLEIDAE) FROM THE MIOCENE OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS". Paleontological Journal. 35 (6): 624–628. ISSN 0031-0301.
- ^ "Paléobiodiversité et paléoenvironnements: l'exemple des gisements de poissons téléostéens du Messinien préévaporitique d'Oran et du bassin du Chélif (Algérie)". Geodiversitas. 30 (1): 141–163. 2008.
- ^ Chanet, Bruno (1996-09-27). "Osteology of Solea kirchbergana (von Meyer 1848): A soleid fish from the Lower Miocene of Germany and Switzerland. Phylogenetical implications". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen: 133–144. doi:10.1127/njgpa/201/1996/133.