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Flatfish with oval and asymmetric body (eyes on the right side). Interradial membrane on the pectoral fin on the eye side is of black colour(A). This feature distinguishes it from common sole (Solea soled), which has a big black compact spot on the posterior side of this fin. In the Atlantic, from the Gulf of Biscay to the coasts of Senegal. Less frequent in the Western Meditarranean. A predominantly littoral species. Benthonic marine species living in sandy or muddy bottoms, off coastal areas up to 100 m depth and in brackish lakes.Feeds basically on benthonic invertebrate, such as larvae from polychaets and bivalve molluscs. Also on small crustaceans.Sexual maturity is reached when size is 30 cm. Spawning happens beween the months of March until June.
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Lobocheilos gracilis (Fowler, 1937) |
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Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933
Hardenberg's anchovy |
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Anchoa nasus (Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
Longnose anchovy |
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Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moon wrasse |
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Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798)
Canfield's quail |