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SpeciesPleuronectiformesSoleidae
Fish

๐ŸŸCommon sole

Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)

De tong (Solea solea) is een bruin gevlekte platvis uit de familie van de Soleidae (tongen).

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Conservation status
DDData deficient

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
1.65 kg
Body length
0.35 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
27 years
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Everything we know about the Common sole

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
1.65 kgrecord 3 kg ยท FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.35 mrecord 0.7 m ยท FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
27 yearsrecord 26 years ยท FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.21
FishBase
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04, estimate table ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.21 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2โ€“2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
FishBase
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
1.6 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common sole yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. โ€บphylumChordata
  3. โ€บorderPleuronectiformes
  4. โ€บfamilySoleidae
  5. โ€บgenusSolea
  6. โ€บspeciesSolea solea
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. suborderPleuronectoidei
  4. familySoleidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. suborderPleuronectoidei
  11. familySoleidae
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