Heteromycteris proboscideus

{{Short description|Species of flatfish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite journal|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15622642/15623352|last1=Adeofe|first1=T.A.|last2=Camara|first2=K.|last3=Camara|first3=Y.H.|last4=Cissoko|first4=K.|last5=Djiman|first5=R.|last6=Mbye|first6=E.|last7=Monroe|first7=T.|last8=Sagna|first8=A.|last9=Sidibé|first9=A|last10=Sylla|first10=M.|last11=Tous|first11=P.|last12=de Morais|first12=L.|date=2015|title=Heteromycteris proboscideus|journal=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2015|issue=e.T15622642A15623352|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15622642A15623352|doi-broken-date=12 July 2025 |access-date=5 September 2024}}

| genus = Heteromycteris

| species = proboscideus

| authority = Chabanaud, 1925

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Heteromycteris proboscideus, the true sole, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Soleidae. It is found in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean near Mauritania to south of Angola.{{Cite web|url=https://fishbase.de/summary/Heteromycteris-proboscideus.html|title=Heteromycteris proboscideus (Chabanaud, 1925)|website=FishBase|access-date=5 September 2024}} The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1925 by Paul Chabanaud.