| Common name | Canadian plaice |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Territory | Canada |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | locality/area |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'plaice', i.e., 'the broad fish', from French 'plaïs', from Latin 'platessa', i.e., 'flatfish', from 'Greek 'platus', i.e., 'broad' (p. 397, Ref. 11979). |