plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Buried by Day Roaming by Night

plaice is known around Northern Sea as a fish; It occurs in estuaries and brackish water, and records give a maximum length of 100 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Flatfishes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Pleuronectes
Maximum length: 100 cm
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Northern Sea. Reports from the Mediterranean Sea appear to be misidentifications of P. flesus . It may have been present in some areas of the Mediterranean in the past, as a result of climatic changes related to the ice age, but at present times seem to be absent (Ref. 89040 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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