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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758

European plaice
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Finland country information

Common names: Punakampela
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Koli, L., 1990
Importance: of no interest | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Five specimens caught between 1894 - 1980 from the Gulf of Finland and from the Ahvenanmaa Archipelago.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fi.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Koli, L., 1990
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Pleuronectes: Greek, pleura = side, ribe + Greek, nekton = swimmer (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 35388), usually 10 - 50 m (Ref. 35388).   Temperate; 2°C - 15°C (Ref. 5504); 72°N - 36°N, 47°W - 45°E

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