Microchirus azevia Bastard sole

Microchirus azevia is commonly referred to as Bastard sole. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

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Scientific:: Microchirus azevia
German:: Seezunge
English:: Bastard Sole

Category:: Platvissen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Soleidae (Family) > Microchirus (Genus) > azevia (Species)
Initial determination:: (de Brito Capello, ), 1867

Occurrence:: European Coasts, Northern Africa, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: 64.4 °F - 78.8 °F (18°C - 26°C)
Food:: Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Invertebrates, Krill, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Microchirus azevia
Seezunge
Microchirus boscanion
Microchirus frechkopi
Microchirus ocellatus
Augenfleck-Seezunge
Microchirus theophila
Microchirus variegatus
Microchirus wittei

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-10-01 20:38:25
Last edit:: 2012-10-01 20:38:25

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(de Brito Capello, 1867)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: Portugal southward to Senegal; a single record from southwest of the British Isles. Mediterranean: Spain, Algeria and Turkey

Biology:
Found on mud and sand of the continental shelf, from the shore down to 250 m.
Feeds on small benthic invertebrates, mainly amphipods and polychaetes

Synonymised taxa:
Microchirus azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867)
Solea (Microchirus) azevia Capello, 1867

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Fishwise Pro von Denis & Sally Polack (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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