European plaice: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

European plaice Pleuronectes platessa Least concern

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 862,428 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bony fish on the world map

Scientific name	Pleuronectes platessa
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Pleuronectiformes
Family	Pleuronectidae

Where does the European plaice live?

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

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 European plaice endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the European plaice?

The European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) is a ray-finned fish in the order Pleuronectiformes and the family Pleuronectidae, genus Pleuronectes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European plaice

The European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), commonly referred to as simply plaice, or schol in Dutch, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the family Pleuronectidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European plaice (revision 1372215320), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27098 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).