Solea vulgaris : Drawing of a living Sole, ...lying in a shallow dish of white porcelain full of sea-water and exposed to strong daylight from a south window.
Solea vulgaris : Drawing of a living Sole, lying on coarse bright-coloured gravel, in a shallow porcelain dish full of sea-water, and exposed to daylight from a south window.
Solea vulgaris : Lower (left) side of the Common Sole. Two specimens of the parasite Plyllonella soleae are shown on the skin behind the head just below the lateral line.
Solea vulgaris : Body cavity of the female Common Sole after all the viscera have been removed except the ovary and kidneys, which are lift in situ. The wooden rod passes through the anus, the blue probe pass through the external aperture of the common oviduct up into the left ovary, the black bristle passes into the urinary bladder which lies beneath the oviduct.