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Class: Teleostei
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae Righteye flounders
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Pleuronectes

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Photo by Greenfield, J.

Northern Sea. Reports fr
Max. Length 100 cm SL
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758

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Pleuronectes platessa
[European plaice]

Photo by Miller, T.

North Pacific
Max. Length 87 cm TL
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas, 1814

Photo by Photo by Miller, T.
 
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus
[Alaska plaice]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pleuronectes platessa European plaice Northern Sea. Reports fr 100 SL 1758
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Alaska plaice North Pacific 87 TL 1814



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