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href="/wiki/File:Solea_solea_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Solea_solea_1.jpg/250px-Solea_solea_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Solea_solea_1.jpg/375px-Solea_solea_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Solea_solea_1.jpg/500px-Solea_solea_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3106" data-file-height="2330" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Common_sole" title="Common sole">common sole</a> (or Dover sole) is a species of marine flatfish widely found around the coasts of Europe</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lined_sole.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Lined_sole.jpg/250px-Lined_sole.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Lined_sole.jpg/375px-Lined_sole.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Lined_sole.jpg/500px-Lined_sole.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="477" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/American_sole" title="American sole">American soles</a> are a family of flatfish found in both freshwater and marine environments of the Americas</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Sole</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> belonging to several families. Generally speaking, they are members of the family <a href="/wiki/Soleidae" title="Soleidae">Soleidae</a>, but, outside Europe, the name <i>sole</i> is also applied to various other similar <a href="/wiki/Flatfish" title="Flatfish">flatfish</a>, especially other members of the sole suborder Soleoidei as well as members of the <a href="/wiki/Pleuronectidae" title="Pleuronectidae">flounder family</a>. In European cookery, there are several species which may be considered <i>true soles</i>, but the common or Dover sole <i><a href="/wiki/Solea_solea" class="mw-redirect" title="Solea solea">Solea solea</a></i>, often simply called <i>the sole</i>, is the most esteemed and most widely available.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_of_the_word">Etymology of the word</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sole_(fish)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology of the word"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word <i>sole</i> in English, French, and Italian comes from its resemblance to a sandal, Latin <i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/solea#Latin" class="extiw" title="wikt:solea">solea</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other languages, it is named for the tongue, e.g. Greek <span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">glóssa</i></span> (<span lang="el"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B3%CE%BB%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1#Greek" class="extiw" title="wikt:γλώσσα">γλώσσα</a></span>), German <i lang="de"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Seezunge#German" class="extiw" title="wikt:Seezunge">Seezunge</a></i>, Dutch <i lang="nl"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zeetong#Dutch" class="extiw" title="wikt:zeetong">zeetong</a></i> or <i lang="nl"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tong#Dutch" class="extiw" title="wikt:tong">tong</a></i> or the smaller and popular <i lang="nl"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sliptong#Dutch" class="extiw" title="wikt:sliptong">sliptong</a></i> (young sole), Hungarian <i lang="hu"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nyelvhal#Hungarian" class="extiw" title="wikt:nyelvhal">nyelvhal</a></i>, Spanish <i lang="es"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lenguado#Spanish" class="extiw" title="wikt:lenguado">lenguado</a></i>, Cantonese <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">lung lei</i></span> (<span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%BE%8D%E8%84%B7#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:龍脷">龍脷</a></span>, 'dragon tongue'), Arabic <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">lisan Ath-thawr</i></span> (‏<span lang="ar" dir="rtl"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1#Arabic" class="extiw" title="wikt:لسان الثور">لسان الثور</a></span>‎) (for the common sole) meaning 'the tongue of ox' in Qosbawi accent, Turkish <i lang="tr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dil#Turkish" class="extiw" title="wikt:dil">dil</a></i>. </p><p>A partial list of common names for species referred to as sole include: </p> <ul><li>In the <i>sole</i> suborder Soleoidei: <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/True_sole" class="mw-redirect" title="True sole">true soles</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Soleidae" title="Soleidae">Soleidae</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Common_sole" title="Common sole">common or Dover sole</a>, <i>Solea solea</i>. These are the only fishes called <i>soles</i> in Europe.</li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/American_sole" title="American sole">American soles</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Achiridae" class="mw-redirect" title="Achiridae">Achiridae</a>, sometimes classified among the Soleidae.</li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Tonguefish" title="Tonguefish">tonguefishes</a></i> or <i>tongue soles</i>, <a href="/wiki/Cynoglossidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cynoglossidae">Cynoglossidae</a>, whose common names usually include the word 'tongue'.</li></ul></li> <li>Several species of righteye flounder in the family <a href="/wiki/Pleuronectidae" title="Pleuronectidae">Pleuronectidae</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Lemon_sole" title="Lemon sole">lemon sole</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Microstomus_pacificus" title="Microstomus pacificus">Pacific Dover sole</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Petrale_sole" title="Petrale sole">petrale sole</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Threats">Threats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sole_(fish)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Threats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The true sole, <i>Solea solea</i>, is sufficiently distributed that it is not considered a threatened <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a>; however, <a href="/wiki/Overfishing" title="Overfishing">overfishing</a> in Europe has produced severely diminished populations, with declining catches in many regions. For example, the western <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a> sole fisheries face potential collapse according to data in the UK <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_Action_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Biodiversity Action Plan">Biodiversity Action Plan</a>. </p><p>Sole, along with the other major bottom-feeding fish in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Cod" title="Cod">cod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monkfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Monkfish">monkfish</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Plaice" title="Plaice">plaice</a>, is listed by the <a href="/wiki/International_Council_for_the_Exploration_of_the_Sea" title="International Council for the Exploration of the Sea">ICES</a> as "outside safe biological limits." Moreover, they are growing less quickly now and are rarely older than six years, although they can reach forty. World stocks of large predatory fish and large ground fish such as sole and <a href="/wiki/Flounder" title="Flounder">flounder</a> were estimated in 2003 to be only about 10% of pre-industrial levels.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/World_Wildlife_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wildlife Fund">World Wildlife Fund</a> in 2006, "of the nine sole stocks, seven are overfished with the status of the remaining two unknown." </p><p>In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Greenpeace_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenpeace International">Greenpeace International</a> has added the <a href="/wiki/Common_sole" title="Common sole">common sole</a> to its seafood red list. "The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in <a href="/wiki/Supermarkets" class="mw-redirect" title="Supermarkets">supermarkets</a> around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sole_(fish)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Davidson, 1979.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sole, in Skeat WM. A concise etymological dictionary of the English language. Harper & Brothers, 1896, P. 449 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HKsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA449">read online or download</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sogliola (IT) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.etimo.it/?term=sogliola">etymology from www.etimo.it</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clover, Charles. 2004. <i>The End of the Line: How overfishing is changing the world and what we eat</i>. 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"Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities." <i>Nature</i> <b>423</b>, 280–283 (15 May 2003).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dalton, Rex. 2006. "Save the big fish: Targeting of larger fish makes populations prone to collapse." Published online <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061016/full/061016-8.html">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/oceans/sustainable-seafood/red-list-fish/">Greenpeace International Seafood Red list</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sole_(fish)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Davidson_(food_writer)" title="Alan Davidson (food writer)">Alan Davidson</a>, <i>North Atlantic Seafood</i>, 1979. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-51524-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-51524-8">0-670-51524-8</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Davidson_(food_writer)" title="Alan Davidson (food writer)">Alan Davidson</a>, <i>Mediterranean Seafood</i>, 1972. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58008-451-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-58008-451-6">1-58008-451-6</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sole_(fish)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_halibut" title="Atlantic halibut">Atlantic halibut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_halibut" title="Pacific halibut">Pacific halibut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamchatka_flounder" title="Kamchatka flounder">Arrowtooth halibut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotted_halibut" title="Shotted halibut">Shotted halibut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_halibut" title="Greenland halibut">Greenland halibut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotted_halibut" title="Spotted halibut">Spotted halibut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_flounder" class="mw-redirect" title="California flounder">California halibut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_flounder" title="Olive flounder">Bastard halibut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="/wiki/Plaice" title="Plaice">Plaice</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="(4_species)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(4 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_plaice" title="European plaice">European plaice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_plaice" title="American plaice">American plaice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_plaice" title="Alaska plaice">Alaska plaice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scale-eye_plaice" title="Scale-eye plaice">Scale-eye plaice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pleuronectes" title="Category:Pleuronectes">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="/wiki/Turbot" title="Turbot">Turbot</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Scophthalmus_maximus" class="mw-redirect" title="Scophthalmus maximus">True</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(1 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Turbot" title="Turbot">Scophthalmus maximus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Scophthalmus" title="Category:Scophthalmus">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Spiny_turbot" title="Spiny turbot">Spiny</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(3 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Psettodidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Psettodidae">Psettodidae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_turbot" title="Diamond turbot">Diamond turbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornyhead_turbot" title="Hornyhead turbot">Hornyhead turbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_turbot" title="New Zealand turbot">New Zealand turbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocellated_turbot" title="Ocellated turbot">Ocellated turbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotted_turbot" title="Spotted turbot">Spotted turbot</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Psammodiscus_ocellatus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Indonesian ocellated flounder"><img alt="Indonesian ocellated flounder" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Psammodiscus_ocellatus.jpg/140px-Psammodiscus_ocellatus.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Psammodiscus_ocellatus.jpg/210px-Psammodiscus_ocellatus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Psammodiscus_ocellatus.jpg/280px-Psammodiscus_ocellatus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="283" data-file-height="177" /></a></span><br /><br /><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ancylopsetta_dilecta_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Three-eye flounder"><img alt="Three-eye flounder" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ancylopsetta_dilecta_2.jpg/140px-Ancylopsetta_dilecta_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ancylopsetta_dilecta_2.jpg/210px-Ancylopsetta_dilecta_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ancylopsetta_dilecta_2.jpg/280px-Ancylopsetta_dilecta_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="496" /></a></span><br /><br /><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pseudopleuronectes_americanus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Winter flounder"><img alt="Winter flounder" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Pseudopleuronectes_americanus.jpg/140px-Pseudopleuronectes_americanus.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Pseudopleuronectes_americanus.jpg/210px-Pseudopleuronectes_americanus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Pseudopleuronectes_americanus.jpg/280px-Pseudopleuronectes_americanus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="159" /></a></span><br /><br /><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Psetta_maxima_Luc_Viatour.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="True turbot"><img alt="True turbot" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Psetta_maxima_Luc_Viatour.jpg/140px-Psetta_maxima_Luc_Viatour.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Psetta_maxima_Luc_Viatour.jpg/210px-Psetta_maxima_Luc_Viatour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Psetta_maxima_Luc_Viatour.jpg/280px-Psetta_maxima_Luc_Viatour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3539" data-file-height="2627" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Generally<br />smaller<br /><a href="/wiki/Flatfish" title="Flatfish">flatfish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sole</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Soleidae" title="Soleidae">True</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(135 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_sole" title="Common sole">Common (Dover) sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pardachirus_marmoratus" title="Pardachirus marmoratus">Finless sole</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soleichthys_heterorhinos" title="Soleichthys heterorhinos">Soleichthys heterorhinos</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solenette" title="Solenette">Yellow sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Soleidae" title="Category:Soleidae">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Achiridae" class="mw-redirect" title="Achiridae">American</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(28 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Achiridae" class="mw-redirect" title="Achiridae">Achiridae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_soles" title="Category:American soles">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cynoglossidae">Tongue</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(138 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_cynoglossus" title="Cynoglossus cynoglossus">Bengal tongue sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_canariensis" title="Cynoglossus canariensis">Canary tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_dubius" title="Cynoglossus dubius">Carrot tonguesole</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_suyeni" title="Cynoglossus suyeni">Cynoglossus suyeni</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_durbanensis" title="Cynoglossus durbanensis">Durban tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_attenuatus" title="Cynoglossus attenuatus">Fourline tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_bilineatus" class="mw-redirect" title="Cynoglossus bilineatus">Fourlined tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_cadenati" title="Cynoglossus cadenati">Ghanaian tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_carpenteri" title="Cynoglossus carpenteri">Hooked tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_arel" title="Cynoglossus arel">Largescale tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_acaudatus" title="Cynoglossus acaudatus">Natal tongue-fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_browni" title="Cynoglossus browni">Nigerian tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_gilchristi" title="Cynoglossus gilchristi">Ripplefin tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_feldmanni" title="Cynoglossus feldmanni">River tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_dispar" title="Cynoglossus dispar">Roundhead tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_capensis" title="Cynoglossus capensis">Sand tonguefish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_acutirostris" title="Cynoglossus acutirostris">Sharpnose tonguesole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_broadhursti" title="Cynoglossus broadhursti">Southern tongue sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_puncticeps" title="Cynoglossus puncticeps">Speckled tonguesole</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Symphurus_thermophilus" title="Symphurus thermophilus">Symphurus thermophilus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynoglossus_abbreviatus" title="Cynoglossus abbreviatus">Three-lined tongue sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Cynoglossidae" title="Category:Cynoglossidae">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butter_sole" title="Butter sole">Butter sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curlfin_sole" title="Curlfin sole">Curlfin sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepsea_sole" title="Deepsea sole">Deepsea sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusky_sole" title="Dusky sole">Dusky sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_sole" title="English sole">English sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flathead_sole" title="Flathead sole">Flathead sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemon_sole" title="Lemon sole">Lemon sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_sole" title="New Zealand sole">New Zealand sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_rock_sole" title="Northern rock sole">Northern rock sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_sand_sole" title="Pacific sand sole">Pacific sand sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrale_sole" title="Petrale sole">Petrale sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_sole" title="Rex sole">Rex sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_sole" title="Rock sole">Rock sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roughscale_sole" title="Roughscale sole">Roughscale sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slender_sole" title="Slender sole">Slender sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_lemon_sole" title="Southern lemon sole">Southern lemon sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speckled_sole" title="Speckled sole">Speckled sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellowfin_sole" title="Yellowfin sole">Yellowfin sole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Other<br /><a href="/wiki/Flounder" title="Flounder">flounder</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Bothidae" title="Bothidae">Lefteye</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(158 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crested_flounder" title="Crested flounder">Crested flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flowery_flounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Flowery flounder">Flowery flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopard_flounder" title="Leopard flounder">Leopard flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plate_fish" title="Plate fish">Plate fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_scaldfish" title="Mediterranean scaldfish">Mediterranean scaldfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twospot_flounder" title="Twospot flounder">Twospot flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witch_(lefteye_flounder)" title="Witch (lefteye flounder)">Witch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bothidae" title="Category:Bothidae">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Pleuronectidae" title="Pleuronectidae">Righteye</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(101 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_smooth_flounder" title="American smooth flounder">American smooth flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_flounder" title="Arctic flounder">Arctic flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrowtooth_flounder" title="Arrowtooth flounder">Arrowtooth flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banded-fin_flounder" title="Banded-fin flounder">Banded-fin flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barfin_flounder" title="Barfin flounder">Barfin flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_flounder" title="Black flounder">Black flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackfin_flounder" title="Blackfin flounder">Blackfin flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bering_flounder" title="Bering flounder">Bering flounder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cleisthenes_herzensteini" title="Cleisthenes herzensteini">Cleisthenes herzensteini</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cleisthenes_pinetorum" title="Cleisthenes pinetorum">Cleisthenes pinetorum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comb_flounder" title="Comb flounder">Comb flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cresthead_flounder" title="Cresthead flounder">Cresthead flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derwent_flounder" title="Derwent flounder">Derwent flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_flounder" title="European flounder">European flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_Eastern_smooth_flounder" title="Far Eastern smooth flounder">Far Eastern smooth flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flathead_flounder" title="Flathead flounder">Flathead flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenback_flounder" title="Greenback flounder">Greenback flounder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hypsopsetta_macrocephala" title="Hypsopsetta macrocephala">Hypsopsetta macrocephala</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_ocellated_flounder" title="Indonesian ocellated flounder">Indonesian ocellated flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamchatka_flounder" title="Kamchatka flounder">Kamchatka flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Large-scale_righteye_flounder" title="Large-scale righteye flounder">Large-scale righteye flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marbled_flounder" title="Marbled flounder">Marbled flounder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marleyella_maldivensis" title="Marleyella maldivensis">Marleyella maldivensis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microstomus_shuntovi" title="Microstomus shuntovi">Microstomus shuntovi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrow-body_righteye_flounder" title="Narrow-body righteye flounder">Narrow-body righteye flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhombosolea_plebeia" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhombosolea plebeia">New Zealand flounder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peltorhamphus_tenuis" title="Peltorhamphus tenuis">Peltorhamphus tenuis</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peppered_flounder" title="Peppered flounder">Peppered flounder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pseudopleuronectes_obscurus" title="Pseudopleuronectes obscurus">Pseudopleuronectes obscurus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remo_flounder" title="Remo flounder">Remo flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridged-eye_flounder" title="Ridged-eye flounder">Ridged-eye flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakhalin_sole" title="Sakhalin sole">Sakhalin sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slime_flounder" title="Slime flounder">Slime flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small-mouth_righteye_flounder" title="Small-mouth righteye flounder">Small-mouth righteye flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speckled_flounder" title="Speckled flounder">Speckled flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starry_flounder" title="Starry flounder">Starry flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_flounder" title="Stone flounder">Stone flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willowy_flounder" title="Willowy flounder">Willowy flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_flounder" title="Winter flounder">Winter flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witch_(righteye_flounder)" title="Witch (righteye flounder)">Witch (righteye)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_striped_flounder" title="Yellow striped flounder">Yellow striped flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellowbelly_flounder" title="Yellowbelly flounder">Yellowbelly flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellowtail_flounder" title="Yellowtail flounder">Yellowtail flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pleuronectidae" title="Category:Pleuronectidae">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Paralichthyidae" title="Paralichthyidae">Large tooth</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(115 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglefin_whiff" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglefin whiff">Anglefin whiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bigmouth_sanddab" class="mw-redirect" title="Bigmouth sanddab">Bigmouth sanddab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_halibut" title="California halibut">California halibut</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cephalopsetta_ventrocellatus" title="Cephalopsetta ventrocellatus">Cephalopsetta ventrocellatus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fine_flounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Fine flounder">Fine flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five-eyed_flounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Five-eyed flounder">Five-eyed flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five-rayed_sanddab" class="mw-redirect" title="Five-rayed sanddab">Five-rayed sanddab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippoglossina_oblonga" title="Hippoglossina oblonga">Fourspot flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_flounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray flounder">Gray flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_sanddab" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf sanddab">Gulf sanddab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horned_whiff" class="mw-redirect" title="Horned whiff">Horned whiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longfin_sanddab" class="mw-redirect" title="Longfin sanddab">Longfin sanddab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mimic_sanddab" class="mw-redirect" title="Mimic sanddab">Mimic sanddab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_flounder" title="Olive flounder">Olive flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_sanddab" title="Pacific sanddab">Pacific sanddab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peacock_flounder" title="Peacock flounder">Peacock flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_whiff" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand whiff">Sand whiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrimp_flounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Shrimp flounder">Shrimp flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_sanddab" class="mw-redirect" title="Small sanddab">Small sanddab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speckled_sanddab" class="mw-redirect" title="Speckled sanddab">Speckled sanddab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotfin_flounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Spotfin flounder">Spotfin flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancylopsetta_dilecta" title="Ancylopsetta dilecta">Three-eye flounder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thysanopsetta_naresi" class="mw-redirect" title="Thysanopsetta naresi">Thysanopsetta naresi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veracruz_whiff" class="mw-redirect" title="Veracruz whiff">Veracruz whiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Paralichthyidae" title="Category:Paralichthyidae">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/Achiropsettidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Achiropsettidae">Southern</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(6 species)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antarctic_armless_flounder" title="Antarctic armless flounder">Antarctic armless flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armless_flounder" title="Armless flounder">Armless flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finless_flounder" title="Finless flounder">Finless flounder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paralichthys_lethostigma" title="Paralichthys lethostigma">Paralichthys lethostigma</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_flounder" title="Southern flounder">Southern flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Achiropsettidae" title="Category:Achiropsettidae">More...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Citharidae" title="Citharidae">Citharidae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaridae" title="Samaridae">Samaridae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Misc</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_dab" title="Common dab">Common dab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_brill" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese brill">Chinese brill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepwater_dab" title="Deepwater dab">Deepwater dab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longhead_dab" title="Longhead dab">Longhead dab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_brill" title="New Zealand brill">New Zealand brill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scale-eye_plaice" title="Scale-eye plaice">Scale-eye plaice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_flounder" title="Summer flounder">Fluke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demersal_fish" title="Demersal fish">Demersal fish</a></li> <li>Transitional fossils <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amphistium" title="Amphistium">Amphistium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heteronectes" title="Heteronectes">Heteronectes</a></li></ul></li> <li>As food <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sole_meuni%C3%A8re" title="Sole meunière">Sole meunière</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbot_War" title="Turbot War">Turbot War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Predator_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Predator fish">Predator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billfish" title="Billfish">billfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonito" title="Bonito">bonito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackerel" title="Mackerel">mackerel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon" title="Salmon">salmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shark" title="Shark">shark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuna" title="Tuna">tuna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forage_fish" title="Forage fish">Forage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anchovy" title="Anchovy">anchovy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herring" title="Herring">herring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhaden" title="Menhaden">menhaden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardine" title="Sardine">sardine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shad" class="mw-redirect" title="Shad">shad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprat" title="Sprat">sprat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demersal_fish" title="Demersal fish">Demersal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cod" title="Cod">cod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatfish" title="Flatfish">flatfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pollock" title="Pollock">pollock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batoidea" class="mw-redirect" title="Batoidea">ray</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Principal_commercial_fishery_species_groups" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Commercial_fish_topics" title="Template:Commercial fish topics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Commercial_fish_topics" title="Template talk:Commercial fish topics"><abbr title="Discuss 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title="Forage fish">Forage fish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anchovy" title="Anchovy">Anchovy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capelin" title="Capelin">Capelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herring" title="Herring">Herring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">Ilish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhaden" title="Menhaden">Menhaden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardine" title="Sardine">Sardines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_saury" title="Pacific saury">Saury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shad" class="mw-redirect" title="Shad">Shad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprat" title="Sprat">Sprat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_sprat" title="European sprat">european</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Demersal_fish" title="Demersal fish">Demersal fish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catfish" title="Catfish">Catfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cod" title="Cod">Cod</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_cod" title="Atlantic cod">Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_cod" title="Pacific cod">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_pollock" title="Alaska pollock">Alaska pollock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatfish" title="Flatfish">Flatfish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flounder" title="Flounder">flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halibut" title="Halibut">halibut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaice" title="Plaice">plaice</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbot" title="Turbot">turbot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haddock" title="Haddock">Haddock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullet_(fish)" title="Mullet (fish)">Mullet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_roughy" title="Orange roughy">Orange roughy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pollock" title="Pollock">Pollock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebastes" title="Sebastes">Rockfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sillaginidae" title="Sillaginidae">Smelt-whitings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toothfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Toothfish">Toothfish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_fish" title="Freshwater fish">Freshwater fish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carp" title="Carp">Carp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgeon" title="Sturgeon">Sturgeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilapia" title="Tilapia">Tilapia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trout" title="Trout">Trout</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wild_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Wild fish">Other wild fish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eel" title="Eel">Eel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitebait" title="Whitebait">Whitebait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commercial_fish" title="Category:Commercial fish">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Crustacean" title="Crustacean">Crustaceans</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crab" title="Crab">Crab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krill" title="Krill">Krill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobster" title="Lobster">Lobster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrimp" title="Shrimp">Shrimp</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prawn" title="Prawn">Prawns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commercial_crustaceans" title="Category:Commercial crustaceans">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mollusc" class="mw-redirect" title="Mollusc">Molluscs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abalone" title="Abalone">Abalone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mussel" title="Mussel">Mussels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octopus" title="Octopus">Octopus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyster" title="Oyster">Oysters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scallop" title="Scallop">Scallops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squid" title="Squid">Squid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commercial_molluscs" title="Category:Commercial molluscs">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Echinoderm" title="Echinoderm">Echinoderms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sea_cucumber" title="Sea cucumber">Sea cucumbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_urchin" title="Sea urchin">Sea urchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commercial_echinoderms" title="Category:Commercial echinoderms">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fisheries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cod_fisheries" title="Cod fisheries">Cod fisheries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crab_fisheries" title="Crab fisheries">Crab fisheries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krill_fishery" title="Krill fishery">Krill fishery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobster_fishing" title="Lobster fishing">Lobster fishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrimp_fishery" title="Shrimp fishery">Shrimp fishery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atlantic_cod.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Atlantic cod"><img alt="Atlantic cod" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Atlantic_cod.jpg/140px-Atlantic_cod.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Atlantic_cod.jpg/210px-Atlantic_cod.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Atlantic_cod.jpg/280px-Atlantic_cod.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="255" /></a></span><br /><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lobster_(PSF).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Lobster"><img alt="Lobster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Lobster_%28PSF%29.png/100px-Lobster_%28PSF%29.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Lobster_%28PSF%29.png/150px-Lobster_%28PSF%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Lobster_%28PSF%29.png/200px-Lobster_%28PSF%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2821" data-file-height="1748" /></a></span><br /><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pacific_oysters_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pacific oysters"><img alt="Pacific oysters" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pacific_oysters_01.jpg/80px-Pacific_oysters_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pacific_oysters_01.jpg/120px-Pacific_oysters_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pacific_oysters_01.jpg/160px-Pacific_oysters_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="1282" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aquaculture" title="Aquaculture">Farmed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carp#Aquaculture" title="Carp">Carp</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bighead_carp" title="Bighead carp">bighead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_carp" title="Common carp">common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucian_carp" title="Crucian carp">crucian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grass_carp" title="Grass carp">grass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_carp" title="Silver carp">silver</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquaculture_of_catfish" title="Aquaculture of catfish">Catfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_prawn_farming" title="Freshwater prawn farming">Freshwater prawns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilt-head_bream" title="Gilt-head bream">Gilt-head bream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mussel#Aquaculture" title="Mussel">Mussels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyster_farming" title="Oyster farming">Oysters</a></li> 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