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deepwater sole

Bathysolea profundicola (Vaillant, 1888)

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 profundicola (Vaillant, 1888)
Name authority
(Vaillant, 1888)
Common name
deepwater sole
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 profundicola (Vaillant, 1888)

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 lactea Roule, 1916SoleidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bathysolea lagarderae Quéro & Desoutter, 1990SoleidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bathysolea polli (Chabanaud, 1950)SoleidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 132 records assigned to Soleidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Solea profundicola Vaillant, 1888 Vaillant, 1888synonym
Bathysolea longisquamis (Chabanaud, 1950) (Chabanaud, 1950)synonym
Bathysolea profundicula (Vaillant, 1888) (Vaillant, 1888)synonym
Solea greenii Günther, 1889 Günther, 1889synonym
Microchirus profundiculus (Vaillant, 1888) (Vaillant, 1888)synonym
Capartella longisquamis Chabanaud, 1950 Chabanaud, 1950synonym

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. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127152 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:KYCL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.