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Pleuronectes platessa

(European Plaice)

Common Names

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Common Names in Catalan:

Palaia Anglesa

Common Names in Croatian:

Iverak Zlatopjeg

Common Names in Danish:

Rødspætte, Rdsptte

Common Names in Dutch:

Schol

Common Names in English:

Carrelet, European Plaice, Flatfish, Fluke, Hen Fish, Plaice, Plaice-Fluke

Common Names in Faroese:

Reyðsprøka, Reysprka

Common Names in Finnish:

Punakampela

Common Names in French:

Carrelet, Plie, Plie Commune, Plie D'europe

Common Names in Gaelic, Iris:

An Leathg Bhallach

Common Names in Gaelic, Irish:

An Leathóg Bhallach, Leathóg

Common Names in German:

Goldbutt, Scholle, Schullen

Common Names in Greek:

Φασί Aτλαντικού, Fasi Atlantikou, Gloss-Chomatda, Glosski-Chomatida, Glossá-Chomatída, Glossáki-Chomatida, Φασί Aτλαντικού

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

⏠ασί Ατλαντικού, Fasi Atlantikou, Glossá-ChomatÌda, Glossá-Chomatída, Glossáki-Chomatida

Common Names in Icelandic:

Skarkoli

Common Names in Irish:

An Leathóg Bhallach, Leathóg

Common Names in Italian:

Passera, Passera Di Mare, Platessa, Solla

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

扁海鰈, 鰈, 鰈, 鲽, 扁海鰈, 扁海鲽

Common Names in Manx:

Liehbage Spottagh

Common Names in Norwegian:

Gullflyndre, Rødspette, Rdspette

Common Names in Polish:

Gladzica

Common Names in Portuguese:

Solha

Common Names in Russian:

морская камбала, морская камбала

Common Names in Serbian:

Iverak

Common Names in Slovene:

Morska Plošèa, Morska Plošèa, Morska Ploa

Common Names in Slovenian:

Morska Plo˚èa

Common Names in Spanish:

Solla, Solla Europa, Solla Europea

Common Names in Swedish:

Rödspätta, Rödspotta, Rdspotta, Rdsptta, Skålla, Sklla, Spätta, Sptta

Common Names in Turkish:

Beneklipisi Baligi, Pisi Baligi

Description

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Family Pleuronectidae

Chiefly marine ; occasionally brackish ; rare in freshwater . Distribution: Arctic , Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Both eyes normally on the right side. Preoperculum with a free margin . Fins without spines. Dorsal fin extends on head . Swimbladder absent in adults . The pigmented side is capable of remarable color changes in order to match the bottom . Predators of benthic invertebrates and fishes . Pelagic spawners. Eggs without oil globule in yolk . Benthic, from a few to more than 1,000 m. Almost all species important to fisheries. Cooper and Chapleau (1998; Ref. 30193) exclude the subfamilies Poecilopsettinae, Rhombosoleinae, and Paralichthodinae.The family Pleuronectidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Pleuronectiformes. It contains 39 genera and 93 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish, and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, pleura = side, ribe + Greek, nekton = swimmer

Habitat

Lives on mixed bottoms , the older the deeper the occurrence. Small individuals are usually seen on bathing beaches (Ref. 9988). Reported to be a resident intertidal species with homing behavior (Ref. 32612).

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,361 meters (0 to 4,465 feet).Mean = 12.980 meters (42.585 feet), Standard Deviation = 95.230 based on 5,285 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .

Biology

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Diet

Feeds mainly on thin-shelled mollusks and polychaetes .

Migration

Stationary for long periods, tagging experiments have shown that their spawning migrations can be long.

Behavior

Active at night in the very shallow water while day time is spent buried in the sand .

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Platessa latus Cuvier, 1829
  2. Platessa platessa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  3. Platessa vulgaris Cloquet, 1826
  4. Pleuronectes borealis Faber, 1828
  5. Pleuronectes latus Cuvier, 1829
  6. Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
  7. Pleuronectes platessa subsp. baltica Nilsson, 1855
  8. Pleuronectes platessus Linnaeus, 1758

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Amaoka K ., Data last modified by FishBase 24-Nov-1995

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Pleuronectes

There are approximately 34 species in this genus:

P. asper (Yellowfin Sole) · P. angustirostris · P. aspera · P. asperrimus · Lepidopsetta bilineata · P. decurrens · P. fenginea · P. ferrugineus · P. ferugineus · P. flessus italicus · P. flesus albino · P. flesus baltica · P. flesus caninensis · P. flesus leiurus · P. flesus luscus · P. flesus septentrionalis · P. flesus trachurus · P. glaber · P. glacialis caninensis · Arnoglossus thori · P. italiens · P. laevigatus · P. limanda · Bothus podas · P. mascinus · P. megastoma · P. moseri · P. pacificus · P. pallasi · P. platessa (European Plaice) · P. platessa baltica · P. plattessa · P. quadrituberculatus (Alaska Plaice) · P. zachirus

Bibliography

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2009-01-01