Scientific Name
Buglossidium luteum

Common Name
Solenette

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 (Ref. 3397).

Classification

Classified By

Risso, 1810

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)

Family

Soles (Soleidae)

Distribution

Region

Eastern Atlantic

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Scotland southward, also North Sea, Kattegat and Baltic. Mediterranean Sea: including Adriatic, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus.

Range

64°N - 3°S, 23°W - 42°E

Environment

Climate

Subtropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

5 m

Depth To - meters

450 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 450 m (Ref. 35388), usually 10 - 40 m (Ref. 4710)

Trophic Level

3.31 s.e. 0.42 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

15.0 cm

Common Length

8.0 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (24 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.54-0.61; tm=3; tmax=13)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Least Concern (LC)