Solea (fish)

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:

• Solea aegyptiaca <small>Chabanaud, 1927</small> (Egyptian sole)
• Solea capensis <small>Gilchrist, 1902</small>
• Solea elongata <small>F. Day, 1877</small> (elongated sole)
• Solea heinii <small>Steindachner, 1903</small>
• Solea ovata <small>J. Richardson, 1846</small> (ovate sole)
• Solea senegalensis <small>Kaup, 1858</small> (Senegalese sole)
• Solea solea <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (common sole)
• Solea stanalandi <small>J. E. Randall & McCarthy, 1989</small> (Stanaland's sole)
• Solea turbynei <small>Gilchrist, 1904</small>

The following fossil species are also known:

• †Solea cuneiformis <small>(de Bosniaski, 1880)</small> - Late Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria
• †Solea kirchbergana <small>(von Meyer, 1848)</small> - Early Miocene (Burdigalian) of Germany & Switzerland

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