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American plaice
The American plaice or sole, ''Hippoglossoides platessoides,'' is a flatfish that belongs, along with other right-eyed flounders, to the Pleuronectidae family. American plaice are an Atlantic species.〔"Plaice."
Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge, volume 15, copyright 1991. Grolier Inc., ISBN 0-7172-5300-7〕 Their range is from southern Labrador to Rhode Island. They spawn in the Gulf of Maine, with peak activity in April and May. They grow to a maximum length of .〔() Dery, L.M. "American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides." Fishery Biology Program, Woods Hole Massachusetts Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC).retrieved January 18, 2007〕 The species is considered by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization to be overfished, with no signs of recovery.〔() Fishery Recent Assessment (2005 and 2006). Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. retrieved January 18, 2007〕 On the other hand, the Canadian government believes the species is abundant, and counts it as the second most caught flatfish, totalling 50% of the flatfish caught by Canadian fishermen.〔() "American plaice." Underwater World. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. retrieved January 18, 2007〕 A 1997 study reports that plaice are endangered in Canada due to overfishing.〔Bergeron et al. 1997. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1364–1371.〕
American plaice may be an intermediate host for the nematode parasite ''Otostrongylus circumlitis'', which is a lungworm of seals, primarily affecting animals less than 1 yr of age.
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