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Sand sole
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For the unrelated Pacific species, see Pacific sand sole.
The sand sole (Pegusa lascaris) is a fish species in the family Soleidae. It is a marine, subtropical, demersal fish up to 40 centimetres (16 in) long.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Soleidae |
Genus: | Pegusa |
Species: | P. lascaris |
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Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810) | |
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Widespread in the northeastern and southeastern Atlantic, to the Gulf of Guinea in the south, also in the Mediterranean Sea.[3] Recorded in the Suez Canal.[4] During a long time the soles from the Black Sea and Sea of Azov were erroneously identified as the Blackhand sole, which was considered as subspecies P. l. nasuta (now as a different species).[5] The modern studies confirms the presence of the sand sole in this water basin.[6]