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American Plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 8,482, February 6,265, March 9,815, April 15,442, May 22,264, June 24,278, July 25,979, August 22,342, September 16,403, October 12,243, November 6,690, December 5,229.
Canada234,402
United States185,916
Alaska175,432
Quebec102,612
Nova Scotia102,317
Newfoundland and Labrador24,342
Maine8,645
New Brunswick3,826
Massachusetts1,662
Prince Edward Island661

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyRighteye Flounders · Pleuronectidae
GenusHippoglossoides

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