Guinean sole (Synaptura cadenati)

Scientific name: Synaptura cadenati Chabanaud, 1948

Guinean sole (Synaptura cadenati)

The Guinean sole (Synaptura cadenati) is a brackish-water fish of the family Soleidae. Native range: Eastern Central Atlantic, Dakar, Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea and Pointe-Noire, Congo. Reported from Mauritania.

Species facts

Scientific name
Synaptura cadenati
Family
Soleidae (Soles)
Order
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
35.0
Depth range
50 m (164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Central Atlantic: Dakar, Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea and Pointe-Noire, Congo. Reported from Mauritania.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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