| Soleidae (Soles) |
| 21 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 70.0 g |
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demersal; marine; depth range 30 - 300 m |
| Eastern Central Atlantic: Madeira Island (Ref. 74541), Canary Islands, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone; northward to southwest of Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean. Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa (Ref. 3200). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62-70; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 64-75; Vertebrae: 40-43. Greyish, median fins darker; 4 round, white-edged, black ocelli on posterior part of body; white-edged black band across peduncle; black blotch on lateral line behind tip of pectoral; faint dark spots on anterior part of body (Ref. 3200). |
| Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms. |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 20 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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