Author: Linnaeus, 1758

Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758

Diagnosis: dorsal finrays 65-79, anal finrays 48-59. Lateral line scales 88-115. Colour: see genus. Size: to about 100 cm SL, seldom more than 35-40 cm.

Habitat: on mixed bottoms, from a few metres to about 100 m, the older the deeper the occurrence. Food: mainly thin-shelled molluscs and polychaetes. Reproduction: spawns when the temperature is about 6 °C. Commercial importance: the most important flatfish for fisheries in Europe.

Distribution: western Mediterranean (occurrences in the eastern Mediterranean doubtful) and along European coasts to White Sea; occasionally off Greenland.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Ehrenbaum, 1905: 156 161 | Norman, 1934: 351 (references) | Wimpenny, 1953:passim | Padoa, 1956: 832-834.
Otoliths (sagitta). Schmidt, 1968: 61.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Pleuronectiformes
Suborder Pleuronectoidei
Family Pleuronectidae
Genus Pleuronectes
Species Pleuronectes platessa

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758

Scientific synonyms and common names

Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms:

Pleuronectes Platessa Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X: 269 ('Habitat in M. Europaeo').
Platessa vulgaris Cloquet, 1826, Dict. Sci. nat., 41: 403.
Pleuronectes borealis Faber, 1828, Tidskr. Naturv., 5: 244 (Denmark).
Platessa lata Cuvier, 1829, Règne animal, ed. II, 2: 339.
Pleuronectes platessa: Norman, 1934: 350, fig. 257 (additional synonyms and references) Wimpenny, 1953: 1-145 (biology) Joensen & Tåning, 1970: 190-191,


Common names:

carrelet [Fr]
morskaja kambala [Ru]
passera [It]
plaice [En]
plie [Fr]
rødspætte [Da]
rödspätta [Sv]
rødspette [No]
schol [Ne]
Scholle [De]
solha [Pr]
solla [Es]

Cloquet, H. 1816-1845. Poissons in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, 60 vol. text + 2 vol. suppl., pl. Poissons: Atlas, 4, 85 col. pl.

Cuvier, G. 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, Paris, 2: pp. 122-406 [March 1829].

Ehrenbaum, E. 1905-1909. Eier und Larven von Fischen der Nordischen Planktons, Teil I, 1905, 4: iv + I 1-I 216 + iii, fig. 1-82; Teil II, 1909, 10: I 217-I 413, fig. 83-147.

Faber, F. 1828b. Kort efterretning om en zoologisk reise til det nordligste Jylland i sommeren 1827. Tidskr. Naturv., Kjøbenh., 5: 243-256.

Joensen, J. S.; Tåning, Å. V. 1970. Marine and Freshwater Fishes in Zoology of the Faroes, Copenhagen, 3 (62-63): 1-241.

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, ed. X, vol. 1, 824 pp. Nantes & Pisces: pp. 230-338. (Reprint, 1956, London.)

Padoa, E. 1956b. Triglidae, Peristediidae, Dactylopteridae, Gobiidae, Echeneidae, Jugulares, Gobiesocidae, Heterosomata, Pediculati in Uova, larve e stadi giovanili di Teleostei. Fauna Flora Golfo Napoli, 38: pp. 627-888, fig. 504-785, pl. XXXIX-L.

Schmidt, W. 1968. Vergleichend morphologische Studie über die Otolithen mariner Knochenfische. Arch. FischWiss., 19 (1): pp. 1-96, 184 fig., 25 pl.

Wimpenny, R. S. 1953. The plaice. London: 145 pp.

Norman, J. R. 1934. A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata). Vol. 1. London, 459 pp.

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