plaice
Sign in to savethumb|300px|right|European plaice thumb|300px|right|American plaice Plaice is a common name for a group of flatfish that comprises four species: the European, American, Alaskan and scale-eye plaice.
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- taxon known by this common name
- Pleuronectes platessa
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Plaice species
- European plaice
- American plaice
- Alaska plaice
- Scale-eye plaice
- Current conservation and management status
- In cuisine and culture
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|300px|right|European plaice thumb|300px|right|American plaice Plaice is a common name for a group of flatfish that comprises four species: the European, American, Alaskan and scale-eye plaice.
Commercially, the most important plaice is the European. The principal commercial flatfish in Europe, it is also widely fished recreationally, has potential as an aquaculture species, and is kept as an aquarium fish. The American plaice is also commercially important.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “plaice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.