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European Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Pleuronectiformes - flatfish » family Pleuronectidae - righteye flounders

Scientific synonyms

Platessa latus Cuvier, 1829
Platessa platessa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platessa vulgaris Cloquet, 1826
Pleuronectes borealis Faber, 1828
Pleuronectes latus Cuvier, 1829
Pleuronectes platessa baltica Nilsson, 1855
Pleuronectes platessus Linnaeus, 1758

Other names

= Fluke
= Hen Fish

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IUCN category:	Least Concern

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Links and literature

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/21080] [as Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17

ARKive [/european-plaice/pleuronectes-platessa/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16

Fauna Europaea 2.4 [304944] [as Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09

FishBase [1342]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [135690] [as Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26

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