American plaice: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the American plaice lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hippoglossoides platessoides
Group	Bony fish
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Pleuronectiformes
Family	Pleuronectidae

Where does the American plaice live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the American plaice in 13 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the American plaice endangered?

The American plaice’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the American plaice?

The American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) is a ray-finned fish in the order Pleuronectiformes and the family Pleuronectidae, genus Hippoglossoides. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the American plaice

The American plaice, American sole or long rough dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides) is a North Atlantic flatfish that belongs, along with other right-eyed flounders, to the family Pleuronectidae. In the northwest Atlantic (H. p. platessoides) it ranges from Greenland and Labrador to Rhode Island, and in the northeast Atlantic (H. p. limandoides) it ranges from Murmansk to the English Channel, Ireland and Iceland, rarely finding itself in the Baltic Sea. 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).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article American plaice (revision 1315032499), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1234702 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).