Blackhand sole

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| image = Pegusa nasuta Limnos.jpg

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| taxon = Pegusa nasuta

| authority = (Pallas, 1814)

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|Pleuronectes nasutus|Pallas, 1814

|Pegusa impar nasuta|(Pallas, 1814)

|Solea lascaris nasuta|(Pallas, 1814)

|Solea nasuta|(Pallas, 1814)

|Solea bleekeri|Boulenger, 1898

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The blackhand sole (Pegusa nasuta) is a fish species in the family Soleidae, common in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov.{{FishBase|genus=Pegusa|species=nasuta|id=7928|month=December|year=2012}} It was considered a subspecies of the sand sole in past, as Pegusa lascaris nasuta.Vasilyeva E.D. (2007) Fishes of the Black Sea, VNIRO, Moscow, 238 pp. (in Russian) Therefore, it is sometimes mistakenly mentioned for the Black Sea fauna as Pegusa lascaris.Movchan Yu.V. (2011) Fish of Ukraine, Kiev, 422 pp. (in Ukrainian) Marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 17 cm long.