Adriatic sole (Pegusa impar)

Scientific name: Pegusa impar Bennett, 1831

Adriatic sole (Pegusa impar)

The Adriatic sole (Pegusa impar) is a marine fish of the family Soleidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and from Gibraltar southward to Senegal.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pegusa impar
Family
Soleidae (Soles)
Order
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
35.0
Common length
18.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean Sea and from Gibraltar southward to Senegal.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.55; tm=3; tmax=12)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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