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•  Info Common sole (Solea solea), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. The common sole is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea where it often semi-immerses itself in the substrate as seen on the image. The small eyes are close to each other on the right side of the body. This gives the fish the possibility of lurking half-buried in the sand for passing prey. The common sole, just like all other flatfishes, hatches as an "ordinary" fish with one eye on each side of the body. The young metamorphose to flatfish when they are about one centimeter long. The upper side is greyish-brown and the underside is white. It grows to a maximum length of about 70 cm (28 in) although this exemplar was about 30 cm (12 in) long. The species is prized as a food fish, being caught mostly by trawling on the seabed. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:08, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:08, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support I don't know how this will be received at FPC since I have seen people express negative views towards camouflage photos before, but for me it's definitely pretty cool to see how the camouflage works. The focus on the fish is really good. Could you copy the above description to the file page? Cmao20 (talk) 02:41, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

  I copied the description. And yes, I agree with you. I know the little average enthusiasm here on FPC about camouflage motifs but for the common sole there is nothing more representative like this. It's the way wildlife is and the way nature works, and asking here for a better delimitation from the sourroundings wouldn't make much sense. Poco a poco (talk) 06:32, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support --Yann (talk) 09:01, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Question Nice photo. I think this would be better rotated 45 deg and 3 x 2 crop. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:25, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

  Seconded, I think that's worth a try. --El Grafo (talk) 15:26, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

  Charlesjsharp, El Grafo:  New version uploaded, FYI too @Cmao20, Yann, Palauenc05, and Aristeas: Poco a poco (talk) 20:36, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

   Support Thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:41, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

• Also OK for me. Yann (talk) 20:54, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

• Fine by me Cmao20 (talk) 20:59, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

• Fine. It’s interesting that the camouflage works a tiny little bit less efficiently now: my eyes/brain now recognize the fish easier than in the original orientation of the photo ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 16:31, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 16:07, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent camouflage illustration. --Aristeas (talk) 18:07, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --XRay 💬 07:06, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 07:25, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 08:07, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 10:34, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Commonists 11:45, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

• Another sockpuppet of Livioandronico2013. - Benh (talk) 19:20, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support --Ivar (talk) 12:10, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 18:54, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Interesting --IamMM (talk) 04:32, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --El Grafo (talk) 08:27, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 18:37, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 06:03, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Fish#Order_:_Pleuronectiformes_(Flatfish)