European plaice  (Pleuronectes platessa)

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Range

Found in the northeast Atlantic from Greenland and Norway as far south as Morocco. It also occurs in the Mediterranean, the White Sea in Russia, and around Estonia (2).

You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

Habitat

Lives on the seabed, at depths of between 10 and 50 m, usually on sand, gravel, or mud (5).

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