Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Pleuronectiformes > Family Soleidae > Genus Synapturichthys

Synapturichthys kleinii (Risso, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Synapturichthys*	Chabanaud, 1927	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Rhombus kleinii*	Risso, 1827	synonym
*Solea kleinii*	(Risso, 1827)	synonym
*Synaptura kleinii*	(Risso, 1827)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: llenguado d'aleta negra; llenguado de forner sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

English: Klein's sole sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

French: sole tachetée sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

Greek: Κηλιδόγλωσσα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: pegusa; suela

Literature

basis of record	Relini, Giulio (2006). Agnatha Osteichthyes, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Synapturichthys kleinii, France, by Horst, D.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Synapturichthys kleinii (Risso, 1827). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236492