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Soleidae
thickback sole
Microchirus variegatus
Deep Bodied Soleid Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
MediumThe thickback sole (Microchirus variegatus), also known as the bastard sole and lucky sole, is a species of flatfish from the family of true soles, the Soleidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, it is a quarry for fisheries in the Mediterranean.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Soleidae
- Genus
- Microchirus
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Northeast Atlantic: British Isles south to Senegal (baie du Lévrier) and the Mediterranean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
