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Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858

Senegalese sole
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France country information

Common names: Senegalese sole, Sole du Sénégal
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Herculean migrant (entered the Mediterranean via Gibraltar) (Ref. 43448).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Desoutter, M., 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sole du Sénégal, Lenguado senegalés, 塞内加尔鳎, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Soleidae (Soles)
Etymology: Solea: Latin, solea = sandal (shoe); refered to the flat shape of the fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Kaup.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 12 - 100 m (Ref. 5304).   Tropical; 47°N - 16°S, 19°W - 14°E

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