Solenette (Buglossidium luteum)

Scientific name: Buglossidium luteum Risso, 1810

The Solenette (Buglossidium luteum) is a marine fish of the family Soleidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Iceland and Scotland southward, also North Sea, Kattegat and Baltic. Mediterranean Sea: including Adriatic, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus.

Biology

Demersal on sandy bottoms of continental shelf and slope. Feeds on a wide range of bottom-living organisms, mainly crustaceans (copepods, amphipods, cumaceans), bivalve mollusks, and polychaetes.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name: Buglossidium luteum
Family: Soleidae (Soles)
Order: Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 15.0
Common length: 8.0
Depth range: 5–450 m (16–1476 ft)
Environment: Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 450 m, usually 10 - 40 m
Climate: Subtropical
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Scotland southward, also North Sea, Kattegat and Baltic. Mediterranean Sea: including Adriatic, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus.
Conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans: Harmless
Uses: Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.54-0.61; tm=3; tmax=13)

Sources

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

Last updated 27 September 2026