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Encyclopedia Britannica



PLAICE (Pleuronectes platessa)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 705 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
PLAICE (Pleuronectes platessa) , a species of flat-fish, common on the coasts of northern Europe from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay. It is readily recognized by the yellow or orange-coloured spots which are placed in a row along the dorsal and anal fins, and scattered over the
body
 . The eyes are on the right side, and the teeth in the jaws compressed and truncate. The scales are minute and smooth. Plaice, like other flat-fishes, prefer a sandy flat bottom to a rocky ground, and occur in suitable localities in
great
  abundance; they spawn early in
spring
 , and are in finest
condition
  in the month of May. Individuals of seven or eight pounds
weight
  are considered fish of large size, but specimens of
double
  that
weight
  have been caught.
See the monograph by F. J. Cole and J.
Johnstone
  (Liverpool, 1901) ; and W. Garstang's " Reports on the Natural History of the Plaice " (Rap ports et proces-verbaux du conseil
international
  pour l'exploration de la mer, 1905 seq.).


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