Sole

Brownish grey with small dark spots; pectorals blackish with pale margin (Ref. 3200).

Acanthocephaloides Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 81 - 90; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 65 - 77; Vertebrae: 43 - 45

Inhabits mainly sandy or sand-mud bottoms (Ref. 27121). Feeds on a wide range of small bottom-living organisms, mainly crustaceans, polychaete worms, bivalve mollusks, etc. (Ref. 4710). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27121.

fisheries: commercial