American plaice
American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes Family: Pleuronectidae Genus: Hippoglossoides Species: H. platessoides
Binomial name
Hippoglossoides platessoides

The American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides, is a flatfish that belongs, along with other right eyed flounders, to the Pleuronectidae family. American plaice are an Atlantic species.^[1] Their range is from southern Labrador to Rhode Island. They spawn in the Gulf of Maine, with peak activity in April and May. They grow to a maximum length of 70 cm (28 inches).^[2] The species is considered by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization to be overfished, with no signs of recovery.^[3] On the other hand, the Canadian government believes the species is abundant, and counts it as the second most caught flatfish, totalling 50% of the flatfish caught by Canadian fishermen.^[4]

References

1. [1] Dery, L.M. "American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides." Fishery Biology Program, Woods Hole Massachusetts Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC).retrieved January 18, 2007
2. [2] Fishery Recent Assessment (2005 and 2006). Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. retrieved January 18, 2007
3. [3] "American plaice." Underwater World. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. retrieved January 18, 2007

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "American plaice". Image Credit.

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