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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127160

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Soleidae (Family) > Solea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Solea Quensel, 1806
Synonymised
taxa
  Pleuronectes solea Linnaeus, 1758
Solea vulgaris Quensel, 1806 (synonym)
Solea vulgaris vulgaris Quensel, 1806
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 270 [details]


basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

original description (from synonym): Quensel, C. (1806). Försök att närmare bestämma och naturligare uppställa svenska arterna af flunderslägte. K. Sven. Vetenskapsakad. Handl. v. 27, pp 44-56 (continues on pp. 203-233). [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Harms, J. , 1993. Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuch. 47 1: 1-34. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian gjuhëza e detit (from synonym)  [details]
Albanian gjuhëza e kanalit (from synonym)  [details]
Albanian gjuhëza e zakonshme (from synonym)  [details]
Basque mihi-arrain  [details]
Breton garlizen  [details]
Catalan llenguado  [details]
Catalan palaia  [details]
Czech jazyk obecný  [details]
Danish søtunge  [details]
Danish tunge  [details]
Dutch tong  [details]
Dutch zeetong  [details]
English common sole  [details]
English Dover sole  [details]
English slip  [details]
English sole  [details]
Finnish kielikampala  [details]
Finnish kielikampela  [details]
Finnish meriantura  [details]
French sole  [details]
French sole commune  [details]
Galician linguado común  [details]
German Seezunge  [details]
German Zunge  [details]
Hebrew סולית מצויה  [details]
Italian sogliola comune  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Γλώσσα  [details]
Norwegian tunge  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål tunge  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk tunge  [details]
Polish sola  [details]
Portuguese linguado  [details]
Russian morskoi yazyk  [details]
Russian Европейская солея  [details]
Spanish lenguado  [details]
Swedish tunga  [details]
Turkish dil baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Європейська солія  [details]
Welsh lleden chwithig  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Baltic sea [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Black Sea [details]
Bray-Dunes [details]
British Isles [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Grevelingen [details]
Helgoland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
IJsselmeer [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Schelde estuary [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Voordelta [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
Host of  Bomolochus soleae Claus, 1864 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria soleae (Krøyer, 1838) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthocolax exilipes (Wilson C.B., 1911) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus soleae Krøyer, 1838 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus nanus Beneden, 1870 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (22532 nucleotides; 476 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Dispersal: Estimating connectivity between juvenile and adult fish habitats can provide an important contribution to effective fisheries management, through a better understanding of population resilience to harvesting pressure. Otolith chemistry analysis is a firm basis for future investigations on nursery area contributions and quality, adult dispersal history and applications of population traceability. [details]
Images 
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Gilson (1921, fig. 81)
Gilson (1921, fig. 81)
added on 2008-06-12 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Olsen (1883, kaart 35)
Olsen (1883, kaart 35)
added on 2008-07-24 - author: O.T. Olsen
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Poll (1947, fig. 256)
Poll (1947, fig. 256)
added on 2008-08-13 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Day)
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Solea solea
Solea solea
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Tong
Tong
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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Solea solea
Solea solea
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Solea solea
Solea solea
added on 2012-10-29 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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Solea solea
Solea solea
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Solea solea
Solea solea
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Solea solea: detail pectoral fin
Solea solea: detail pectoral fin
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Solea solea
Solea solea
added on 2012-10-29 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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Solea solea: detail pectoral fin
Solea solea: detail pectoral fin
added on 2012-10-29 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127160
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127160 on 2013-06-19
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