Ovate sole
Species of fish
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The ovate sole (Solea ovata) is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific,[2] and is a demersal species found in shallow water with sand and mud bottoms. Its mitochondrial genome has been completely sequenced, having a total length of 16,782 bp, with 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | Solea |
| Species: | S. ovata |
| Binomial name | |
| Solea ovata Richardson, 1846 | |
