Wedge sole (Dicologlossa cuneata)

Scientific name: Dicologlossa cuneata Moreau, 1881

Wedge sole (Dicologlossa cuneata)

The Wedge sole (Dicologlossa cuneata) is a brackish-water fish of the family Soleidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Biology

Inhabits mainly sandy or sand-mud bottoms. Feeds on a wide range of small bottom-living organisms, mainly crustaceans, polychaete worms, bivalve mollusks, etc.. Oviparous. Eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive. Minimum depth reported from.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Dicologlossa cuneata
Family
Soleidae (Soles)
Order
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Common length
20.0
Depth range
10–460 m (33–1509 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 10 - 460 m, usually 10 - 150 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.38-0.47)

Sources

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

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