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European plaice (
Pleuronectes platessa),
commonly referred to as
simply plaice, is a
species of
marine flatfish in the
genus Pleuronectes of the
family Pleuronectidae...
- americ**** (Walbaum, 1792)
Synonyms Pleuronectes americ**** Walbaum, 1792
Pleuronectes pl**** Mitchill, 1814
Platessa pusilla De Kay, 1842 Pseudopleuronectes...
- late
Latin platessa,
meaning flatfish,
which originated from the
Ancient Gr**** platys,
meaning broad. The
European plaice (
Pleuronectes platessa) is a right-e****...
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Pleuronectes is a
genus of
righteye flounders found in the
northern oceans.
There are
currently two
recognized species in this genus:
Pleuronectes platessa...
- most
famous intergeneric hybrids are
between the
European plaice (
Pleuronectes platessa) and
European flounder (Platichthys flesus) in the
Baltic Sea, and...
- in the
Archiv für
Naturgeschichte in 1835. It was
later do****ented as
Platessa ferruginea by
David Humphreys Storer in 1839, who
noted the similarity...
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cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Synonyms Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Pleuronectes cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Pleuronichthys...
- 1950s, but had
decreased to 10–20
tonnes by the 1980s. The
plaice (
Pleuronectes platessa) is one of Sweden's most
important food fishes. It is
common around...
- 1776)
Synonyms Pleuronectes glacialis Pallas, 1776
Pleuronectes cicatricosus Pallas, 1814
Platessa dwinensis Lilljeborg, 1851
Pleuronectes franklinii Günther...
- The
European flounder sometimes hybridises with
European plaice (
Pleuronectes platessa) and,
particularly in the
western Baltic Sea, the
hybrid is common...