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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Pleuronectiformes
family
Pleuronectidae
genus
Pleuronectes
species
Pleuronectes platessa

Name

Synonyms
Flesus passer Moreau, 1881
Platessa latus Cuvier, 1829
Platessa platessa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platessa vulgaris Cloquet, 1826
Pleuronectes borealis Faber, 1828
Pleuronectes latus (Cuvier, 1829)
Pleuronectes platessa baltica Nilsson, 1855
Homonyms
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Almindelig rødspætte in Danish
Almindelig rødspætte in Danish
An leathóg bhallach in Irish
Beneklipisi baliği in Turkish
Carrelet in French
European plaice in English
European plaice in English
European plaice in English
European plaice in English
European plaice in English
European plaice, Plaice in English
Europese schol in Dutch
Europese schol in Dutch
Europäische Scholle in German
Europäische Scholle in German
Fasi Atlantikou in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Flatfish in English
Flatfish in English
Fluke in English
Gladzica in Polish
Glossá-chomatída in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Glossáki-chomatida in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Goldbutt in German
Goldbutt in German
Goldbutt in German
Gullflyndre in Norwegian
Hen Fish in English
Hen fish in English
Iverak in Serbian
Leathóg in Irish
Lledod Coch in Welsh
Morska plošča in Slovenian
Passaua in Italian
Passera in Italian
Passera in Italian
Pisi in Turkish
Pisi baligi in Turkish
Plaice in English
Plaice in English
Plaice in English
Plaice-fluke in English
Plaice-fluke in English
Plie in French
Plie Commune in French
Plie commune in French
Plie d'Europe in French
Plie d’Europe in French
Plie d’Europe in French
Punakampela in Finnish
Rodspaette in German

Bibliographic References

  1. (2010) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (15 January 2010).
  2. Cooper, J. Andrew, and François Chapleau, 1998: Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification. Fishery Bulletin, vol. 96, no. 4. 686-726.
  3. Cooper, J. Andrew, and François Chapleau, 1998: Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification. Fishery Bulletin, vol. 96, no. 4. 686-726.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  7. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  8. Gilson, G. (1910). Contribution à l'étude biologique et économique de la plie. Trav. Stat. Rech. Relat. Pêche Marit. Ostende 4: viii, 1-127 + 32 p. plates
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 33 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic name Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 (class Actinopterygii) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 68).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C.22), 329-340 (1956)
  10. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  11. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  12. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  13. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  15. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  16. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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