soleid
English
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a soleid, Solea solea
Noun
soleid (plural soleids)
- (zoology) Any species of the family Soleidae.
- 2003, Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, Carl J. Ferraris, Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America, page 666,
- A similar character also appears in the Soleidae, but is never covered by lower lip in that family; soleids do not occur in the Neotropics.
- 2005, T. W. Farooqi, R. F. Shaw, J. G. Ditty, J. Lyczkowski-Shultz, Chapter 207: Cynoglossidae: Tongue fishes, William J. Richards (editor), Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes, page 2368,
- Larvae of the flatfish family Soleidae most closely resemble tonguefish larvae but the smaller jaws and more attenuated body shape in cynoglossids serves to distinguish them from larval soleids.
- 2008, Thomas A. Monroe, Chapter 2: Systematic diversity of the Pleuronectiformes, Robin N. Gibson (editor), Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation, page 14,
- The oldest soleids, Eobuglossus eocenicus and Turahbuglossus cuvillieri, both known from single specimens from the Upper Lutetian of Egypt (Chabanaud 1937; Chanet 1994, 1997), are also among the first known flatfish fossils and they are identical to skeletons of recent soleids.
- 2003, Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, Carl J. Ferraris, Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America, page 666,
Synonyms
- (any species of Soleidae): sole, true sole
Anagrams
- Isolde, deoils, deosil, oldies, siloed, soiled