American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: American plaice
- Local names: Long rough dab, Canadian plaice
- Climates: Temperate, Subpolar
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Europe, Asia, North America
- Distribution: North Sea, Norwegian sea, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic ocean
Classification
- Genus: Hippoglossoides - Hippoglossoides
- Family: Pleuronectidae - Righteye flounders
- Order: Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes