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The true soles are a family, Soleidae, of flatfishes.It includes saltwater and brackish water species in the East Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and West and Central Pacific Ocean.
This species occurs in the western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to Sri Lanka and along the east coast of Africa to Durban. [1] It is found in shallow, coastal waters where the seabed consists of sand or mud, [1] often near coral reefs, [2] and they feed mainly on benthic invertebrates.
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.
A flatfish is a member of the ray-finned demersal fish superorder Pleuronectoidei, also called the Heterosomata.In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through or around the head during development.
Northern rock sole is fished commercially, and forms an important part of two trawl fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.Although it was overfished in the 1960s stocks have recovered, and the biomass of Northern rock sole in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fishery is now estimated to be very high, at twice the level required to support maximum sustainable yield.
The lemon sole is a right-eyed flatfish with a small head and mouth and smooth, slimy skin. The upper surface is reddish brown in colour, mottled with pink and orange and flecks of yellow and green, and a prominent orange patch is typically found behind the pectoral fin, around which the lateral line also curves.
Petrale sole is a right-eyed flounder with an oval body. Its upper surface is uniformly light to dark brown, and its lower surface is white, sometimes with pink traces. It has a large mouth with two rows of small, arrow-shaped teeth on the upper jaw and one row of teeth on the lower jaw.