#2107 · 🐟 fish
European Plaice
🇳🇱 Schol ·Pleuronectes platessa
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what is it?
The European plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ) is a commercially important flatfish.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 33 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #36 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 785 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Plaice
- Nederlands
- Schol
- scientific name
- Pleuronectes platessa
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Carangiformes
- family
- Pleuronectidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 33
- sightings in Europe
- 483
- sightings worldwide
- 785
- GBIF records in NL
- 182,098
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pleuronectidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47523, Wikidata Q27098, GBIF 7700106, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.