Solea (fish)

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

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

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Solea". FishBase . December 2012 version.
2. 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.
3. "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.
4. 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.