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European Plaice

Fish

A flatfish native to European waters from the Barents Sea south to the Iberian Peninsula and around Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Its upper side is dark green to brown and marked with conspicuous orange spots, while its underside is pearly white, and both eyes sit on the right side of its oval body. It can reach 70 centimeters and live up to twenty years, living on sandy and muddy seafloors at depths of 10 to 200 meters, with adults in deeper water and juveniles in shallow estuaries and sandy coasts. It feeds nocturnally, burrowing into sediment by day and taking polychaete worms, crustaceans and bivalves, with young fish relying heavily on shrimp.

Facts
Scientific Name
Pleuronectes platessa 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Body Size Band
Large 5
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Lifespan
50 5
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pleuronectiformes, Taxa
Source European Plaice (Wikidata)

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source European plaice (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Belgium

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Denmark

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France

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Ireland

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Netherlands

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Norway

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Poland

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Sweden

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United Kingdom

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Sources
1. European plaice (Wikipedia)
  • Article text
    It is active at night and feeds on polychaetes
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 344440
    European plaice are generally caught as part of a mixed flatfish fishery or in other groundfish fisheries.
  • Lead
    Plaice tend to burrow in the sediment during the day and remain stationary for long periods to avoid predators and ambush prey.
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    The European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), commonly referred to as simply plaice, or schol in Dutch, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the family Pleuronectidae.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species API
  • System (Realm): Marine
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3. European Plaice (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q27098 (P225 taxon name)
  • Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q27098
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pleuronectiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Animals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fauna","language":"EN"},{"name":"Animaux","language":"FR"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of Liverpool: AnAge entry for Pleuronectes platessa
Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of Liverpool
  • Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
    Maximum longevity 50 years
  • Life history traits (averages): Adult weight
    Adult weight 3,850 g
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