Scientific name:
Solea solea

Natural spread:
Europe

the right-sided sole is one of the most palatable and therefore particularly most known flat-fish. its spread-area stretches from the Mediterranean and northwest-Africa over the European coasts as far as to Norway and into the western Baltic sea. Preferably, it lives in depths on 19-60 m on sandy or muddy ground. The average length amounts to 30-40 cm with a weight of approximately 300-350 g. At most, soles can even 60 cm long with a maximum-age of over 20 years and over 3 kg heavy becomes. The same spread has the only until 13 cm big, sallow-brown dwarf-tongue (Buglossidium luteum).

Way of life During the day, soles lie buried in the sand or silts. At night, they go on food-search; they especially carry off bristle-worms, small cancers (shrimps) and thin-stale-y mussels, also Stachelhäuter and small fish (sand-eels, Grundeln, flat-fish-brood) beside it, however. The Ablaichen happens in the North sea until August in April, in the south of the spread-area already from February. Each female puts 100 000-150 000 eggs, that hover freely in the water, in the flat water of the coasts. The animals hike after it into deeper water-layers back, in the winter until in depths of approximately 100 m.