European plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
CommonPhoto: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fishcarnivore
The European plaice is a flatfish that lives in the sea, easily recognized by its sideways-swimming style and both eyes on one side of its head. It belongs to a group of fish that hug the ocean floor, blending into sandy or muddy bottoms.
- Both eyes sit on the same side of its head as an adult.
- Swims sideways with a flattened body shape.
- Known as 'schol' in Dutch.
OceanEurope
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- Classification
- Fish
- Scientific name
- Pleuronectes platessa
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Regions in this directory
- Europe
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- medium
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
