| American plaice | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Hippoglossoides |
| Species: | H. platessoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippoglossoides platessoides (O. Fabricius, 1780) | |
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TheAmerican plaice,American sole orlong rough dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides) is a North Atlanticflatfish that belongs, along with other right-eyedflounders, to the familyPleuronectidae. In the northwest Atlantic (H. p. platessoides) it ranges fromGreenland andLabrador toRhode Island, and in the northeast Atlantic (H. p. limandoides) it ranges fromMurmansk to theEnglish Channel,Ireland andIceland,[2][3] rarely finding itself in the Baltic Sea.[4] They live on soft bottoms at depths of 10 to 3,000 m (33–9,843 ft), but mainly between 90 and 250 m (300–820 ft).[2]
In theGulf of Maine spawning peaks in April and May. They grow to a maximum length of 70 centimetres (28 in).[5] The species is considered by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization to beoverfished, with no signs of recovery.[6] Canadian officials dispute this, claiming the population is under less than 20% risk of extinction in the next 80 years however, it remains under the moratorium established in 1993.[7][8] A 1997 study reports that plaice are endangered in Canada due tooverfishing.[9] In its European range, the species is generally common and not actively sought by fishers, but it is often part of thebycatch.[3]
American plaice may be anintermediate host for the nematode parasiteOtostrongylus circumlitis, which is alungworm ofseals, primarily affecting animals less than 1 year of age.[citation needed]
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