Published 1981
Family Soleidae
Some authorities assert that the sole should be classified in two sub-species: Solea vulgaris vulgaris Quensel and Solea vulgaris aegyptiaca Chabanaud. The former inhabits the eastern Atlantic, the northern parts of the Mediterranean and the south-western part of the Black Sea; the latter ranges along the North African coast to the Suez Canal. The distinction, if valid, would seem to be of small import to the cook.
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