Solea (fish)

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

Solea Temporal range: Early Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Common sole (S. solea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Soleidae
Genus:	Solea Quensel, 1806
Type species
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Microbuglossus Günther, 1862

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]