Fish of the Pegusa genus of the Soleoidei subfamily of the Soleidae family of the Pleuronectoidei suborder of the Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Sand sole. Photo by © Dr Hilmar Hinz. marlin.ac.uk)
Sand sole (Pegusa lascaris) was first described in 1810 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
It lives at the depth of 5-350 meters, usually 20-50 meters. It prefers to swim near the sandy, muddy, and pebble bottom. The maximum recorded length is 40 cm; specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. It feeds on crustaceans and mollusks.
(Sand sole. Photo by © Rui Patricio Freitas. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent infrequent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of sand sole (Pegusa lascaris) in other languages are as follows:
Gjuhëza e rërave (Albanian), Zandtong (Dutch), Αμμόγλωσσα (Ammogljosa) (Greek), Sulit hanneir (Hebrew), Lenguado de arena (Spanish), Sogliola dal porro (Italian), Sandzunge (German), Sola laskara (Polish), Linguado da areia (Portuguese), Limbă de mare (Romanian), Песчаный морской язык (Peschanyj morskoj jazyk) (Russian), List bradavkar, List bradavičar (Serbian, Croatian), Peščeni jezik (Slovenian), Kumdil Balığı (Turkish), Sole-pole (French).