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Soleidae
Sign in to saveThe true soles are a family, Soleidae, of flatfishes. It includes saltwater and brackish water species in the East Atlantic, Indian Ocean, West and Central Pacific Ocean, and the Mediterranean sea. Freshwater species are found in Africa, southern Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. Many soles are important food species: the common sole, Solea solea, is popular in northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Soleidae is a family of fish within the order Pleuronectiformes and class Teleostei. The taxon, whose common names include soles, Llinguaos, and Lenguado, belongs to the phylum Chordata and kingdom Animalia. It was described by Bonaparte in 1833 and is currently accepted under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Members of this family inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records from iDigBio indicate occurrences in Mexico, the United States, Indonesia, Jamaica, and the Philippines, with specimens held by institutions such as the USNM and SDNHM. The family has 93,818 recorded occurrences and is referenced by 125 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
soles
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilySoleidae
鰨科（學名Soleidae）是輻鰭魚綱鰈亞目的其中一科。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 570
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Soleidae
- Collections
- UASA-ICML-UNAM, SDNHM, USNM, YPM, CAS, NMV
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Indonesia, Jamaica, Philippines, Egypt, Panama, French Polynesia
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Classification
- Evolution
- Ecology
- Life history
- References
The true soles are a family, Soleidae, of flatfishes. It includes saltwater and brackish water species in the East Atlantic, Indian Ocean, West and Central Pacific Ocean, and the Mediterranean sea. Freshwater species are found in Africa, southern Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. Many soles are important food species: the common sole, Solea solea, is popular in northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
== Taxonomy == In the past, soles of the Americas (both fresh and salt water) were included in this family, but they have been separated to their own family, the American soles (Achiridae). The only true sole remaining in that region is Aseraggodes herrei of the Galápagos and Cocos Island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Soleidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.