European plaice

flatfish
Taxon taxon Q27098
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Summary

European plaice is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,231 views/month, #1,433 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pleuronectes[5]
  • Taxon name: Pleuronectes platessa[6]
  • Commons category: Pleuronectes platessa[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pleuronectes platessa[8]
  • Commons gallery: Pleuronectes platessa[9]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10]
  • Short name: P. platessa[11]
  • Taxon common name: European plaice[12], Solla[13], Solla Europea[14], Carrelet[15], Plie[16], Plie Commune[17], Plie D'Europe[18], Flatfish[19], Fluke[20], Hen Fish[21], Plaice-fluke[22], pladijs, schol[23], plie, carrelet[24], plaice[25]
  • MCN code: 0302.22.00[26], 0303.32.00[27]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q25681523[28]

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Identifiers

European plaice's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47523[29]. European plaice's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8262[30]. European plaice's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7700106[31]. European plaice's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172902[32].

Why It Matters

European plaice has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i49707
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02661161-n
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  2. 22w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Pleuronectes
    Reference illustration → A history of Scandinavian fishes (9664576354).jpg
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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