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Pleuronectes platessa
Plaice Plaice, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also plaise.] Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.

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- The European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), commonly referred to as simply plaice, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the family...
- late Latin platessa, meaning flatfish, which originated from the Ancient Gr**** platys, meaning broad. The European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) is a right-e****...
- RV Platessa (LT205) was a fisheries research vessel that was operated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom) - Directorate...
- famous intergeneric hybrids are between the European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and European flounder (Platichthys flesus) in the Baltic Sea, and between...
- There are currently three recognized species in this genus: Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 (European plaice) Pleuronectes putnami (T. N. Gill, 1864)...
- thori Bothus podas Citharus linguatula Platichthys flesus Pleuronectes platessa Lepidorhombus boscii Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis Psetta maxima Scophthalmus...
- European flounder sometimes hybridises with European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and, particularly in the western Baltic Sea, the hybrid is common. In...
- Synonyms Pleuronectes americ**** Walbaum, 1792 Pleuronectes pl**** Mitchill, 1814 Platessa pusilla De Kay, 1842 Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall, 1912...
- in the Archiv für Naturgeschichte in 1835. It was later do****ented as Platessa ferruginea by David Humphreys Storer in 1839, who noted the similarity...
- Cuvier, 1833 Usacaranx georgi**** (Cuvier, 1833) Caranx platessa Cuvier, 1833 Longirostrum platessa (Cuvier, 1833) Caranx lutescens (Richardson & Solander...