Pleuronectes platessa European plaice

Pleuronectes platessa is commonly referred to as European plaice. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1699 

AphiaID:

127143 

Scientific:

Pleuronectes platessa 

German:

Europäische Scholle, Goldbutt 

English:

European Plaice 

Category:

Flounders & Soles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Pleuronectidae (Family) > Pleuronectes (Genus) > platessa (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Russland, the North Sea, Belgium, Danmark, European Coasts, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, Sweden, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

9.45" - 16.54" (24cm - 42cm) 

Weight:

7 kg 

Temperature:

6,8 °F - 12,4 °F (6,8°C - 12,4°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Clams, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Isopods, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pleuronectes platessa
  Europäische Scholle, Goldbutt
• Pleuronectes putnami
• Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-10-22 12:52:28 

Last edit:

2024-03-14 20:07:57 

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