Solea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Soleoidei

Familia: Soleidae
Genus: Solea
Species (9): S. aegyptiaca - S. capensis - S. elongata - S. heinii - S. ovata - S. senegalensis - S. solea - S. stanalandi - S. turbynei

Check (6): S. bleekeri - S. fulvomarginata - S. humilis - S. impar - S. lascaris - S. nasuta
S. lascaris - S. ovata - S. senegalensis - S. solea

Name

Solea Quensel, 1806

References

Vachon, J.; Chapleau, F.; Desoutter-Meniger, M. 2008: Taxonomic revision of the genus Solea and rehabilitation of the genus Barnardichthys (Soleidae; Pleuronectiformes). Cybium, 32(1): 9–26. [in French, with English abstract] abstract (PDF) full article (PDF)

Links

Solea – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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:[1]

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 (Stanaland's sole)
Solea turbynei Gilchrist, 1904

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Solea in FishBase. December 2012 version.