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 (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 The following fossil species are also known:
†Solea cuneiformis (de Bosniaski, 1880) - Late Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria †Solea kirchbergana (von Meyer, 1848) - Early Miocene (Burdigalian) of Germany & Switzerland
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