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sand sole

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Noun1.sand sole - a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North Americasand sole - a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
sole - right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
genus Psettichthys, Psettichthys - a genus of Soleidae


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The four species examined were English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus), Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus), sand sole (Psettichthys melanostictus), and starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus).
A Belgian boat brought 270kgof fish into Liverpool, which it claimed in its log book to be sand sole -a cheap relative of the Dover sole.
The sole available could range from dover, lemon, witch or torbay, megrims or sand sole.
 
 
 
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