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The word sole in English, French, and Italian comes from its resemblance to a sandal, Latin solea. [2] [3] In other languages, it is named for the tongue, e.g. Greek glóssa (γλώσσα), German Seezunge, Dutch zeetong or tong or the smaller and popular sliptong (young sole), Hungarian nyelvhal, Spanish lenguado, Cantonese lung lei (龍脷, 'dragon tongue'), Arabic lisan Ath-thawr ...
Common sole camouflaged in the sand. The common sole, Dover sole, or black sole (Solea solea) is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It is one of the largest fish in the Solea genus. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea where it often partially immerses itself in the substrate. The ...
The finless sole secretes a milky ichthyotoxin [3] from the base of its dorsal and cloacal fins. This secretion contains pardaxin, a lipophillic peptide that causes severe plasma membrane disruption resulting in cell leakage. The pardaxin containing secretion is used as a defensive mechanism against predators including sharks.
American sole. 29 languages. ... List of fish families; References This page was last edited on 9 June 2024, at 10:29 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
This observation has been questioned by fish experts, and recent authorities do not recognize it as valid. [4] Many soles are important food species: the common sole, Solea solea, is popular in northern Europe and the Mediterranean. The earliest known fossil remains of soles are indeterminate otoliths from the Early Eocene-aged London Clay.
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 ...
English sole (Parophrys vetulus) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in estuaries and near shore areas, at depths of up to 550 metres (1,800 ft). It reaches up to 57 centimetres (22 in) in length, and can weigh up to 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb).
The Senegalese sole is very similar to the common sole and like it, it has a flattened, oval body with the dorsal fin starting on the upper profile of the head to the front of the upper eye. [3] The dorsal fin has 73–86 rays, the anal fin has 61–74 rays, and there is a well-developed pectoral fin on each side of its body which has 7–10 rays.