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
Genera: Achiroides – Aesopia – Aseraggodes – Austroglossus – Barbourichthys – Barnardichthys – Bathysolea – Brachirus – Buglossidium – Dagetichthys – Dexillus – Dicologlossa – Heteromycteris – Leptachirus – Liachirus – Microchirus – Monochirus – Paradicula – Pardachirus – Pegusa – Phyllichthys – Pseudaesopia – Rendahlia – Rhinosolea – Solea – Soleichthys – Synaptura – Synapturichthys – Synclidopus – Typhlachirus – Vanstraelenia – Zebrias
Name
Soleidae Bonaparte, 1833
References
Chapleau, F. & Keast, A. 1988. A phylogenetic reassessment of the monophyletic status of the family Soleidae, with comments on the suborder Soleoidei (Pisces; Pleuronectiformes). Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 2797–2810. DOI: 10.1139/z88-408 Reference page.
Vernacular names
беларуская: Салеевыя
čeština: Jazykovití
English: True Soles
magyar: Nyelvhalfélék
日本語: ササウシノシタ科
ไทย: ปลาลิ้นหมา, ปลาลิ้นควาย, ปลาใบไม้
Türkçe: Dil balığıgiller
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. Freshwater species are found in Africa, southern Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.
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.[2]
The true soles are bottom-dwelling fishes feeding on small crustaceans and other invertebrates. The family contains 30 genera and a total of about 180 species.
Soles begin life as bilaterally symmetric larvae, with an eye on each side of the head, but during development, the left eye moves around onto the right side of the head. Adult soles lie on their left (blind) sides on the sea floor, often covered in mud, which in combination with their dark colours, makes them hard to spot.
A flatfish resembling a small halibut or sole was observed by the Bathyscaphe Trieste at the bottom of the Mariana Trench at a depth around 11 km (36,000 ft).[3] This observation has been questioned by fish experts, and recent authorities do not recognize it as valid.[4]
Many soles are important food species: the common sole, Solea solea, is popular in northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
References
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Soleidae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Aseraggodes herrei" in FishBase. May 2014 version.
BBC News (23 February 2012). Meet the only man alive who has been to the deepest ocean.. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
Jamieson, A.J., and Yancey, P. H. (2012). On the Validity of the Trieste Flatfish: Dispelling the Myth. The Biological Bulletin 222(3): 171-175
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