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Bathysolea lactea Roule, 1916

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Bathysolea lactea Roule, 1916
Name authority
Roule, 1916
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Soleidae
Genus
Bathysolea
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPleuronectiformes
  11. suborderPleuronectoidei
  12. familySoleidae Bonaparte, 1833
  13. genusBathysolea Roule, 1916
  14. speciesBathysolea lactea Roule, 1916

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Bathysolea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Bathysolea lagarderae Quéro & Desoutter, 1990SoleidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bathysolea polli (Chabanaud, 1950)SoleidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
deepwater soleBathysolea profundicola (Vaillant, 1888)SoleidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Bathysolea albida Roule, 1916 Roule, 1916synonym
Solea lactea (Roule, 1916) (Roule, 1916)synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Roule, L. (1916). Considération sur les deux espèces abyssales du genre Solea dans l’Atlantique paléarctique et sur le sous-genre nouveau Bathysolea. Bulletin Du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Série 1), v. 22 (no. 1): 8–10. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17123 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:KYCG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.