Solea (fish)
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:Solea aegyptiaca Chabanaud, 1927 Solea capensis Gilchrist, 1902Solea elongata F. Day, 1877 Solea heinii Steindachner, 1903Solea ovata J. Richardson, 1846 Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858 Solea solea Solea stanalandi J. E. Randall & McCarthy, 1989 Solea turbynei Gilchrist, 1904The following fossil species are also known:
- †Solea cuneiformis - Late Miocene of Algeria
- †Solea kirchbergana - Early Miocene of Germany & Switzerland