ovate sole
Solea ovata
- Usual depth9–287 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary
- How commonRare
About this species
The ovate sole is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific, and is a demersal species found in shallow water with sand and mud bottoms. Its mitochondrial genome has been completely sequenced, having a total length of 16,782 bp, with 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ovate sole”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 32 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–287 m · Deepest record: 287 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- ovate sole
Names in 2 more languages
- Thai
- ปลาใบไม้กลม, ปลาลิ้นหมาเล็ก
- Simplified Chinese
- 卵鰨, 比目魚, 鰨沙, 龍舌
Other scientific names: Microbuglossus humilis, Microbuglossus ovatus, Solea humilis
Similar species
- Mueller's Sole
Dexillus muelleri
- Ocellated Sole
Pardachirus pavoninus
Unicorn soleAesopia cornuta
- Diringer's Sole
Aseraggodes diringeri
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 193 open-data records from 1846 to 2024.
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