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Summary for Buglossidium luteum Larvae
Solenette

Buglossidium  luteum  (Risso, 1810)
Family:	Soleidae (Soles)
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Solenette
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Scotland southward, also North Sea, Kattegat and Baltic. Mediterranean Sea: including Adriatic, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus.
Adult 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).
Diagnosis:	The number of body contour large melanophores is about 9-13 dorsal and 8-11 ventral. Asymmetry starts at a length of about 6 mm, at 8 mm both eyes may be on the same side. Head shape typical of Soleidae, i.e. with round anterior profile and posteriorly not clearly distinct from the visceral sac. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	subtropical; 64°N - 3°S
Main Ref:	Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37)
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	Checked: Giovanardi, Otello	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Papasissi, Christine

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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