Alaska plaice

Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus

Deep Bodied Pleuronectid Fish of Japanese Waters

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Deep-bodied
Large
Temperate fish

Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) is a saltwater fish that live in the North Pacific Ocean. Alaska plaice are right-eye flounders which live on the sandy bottoms of the continental shelf, up to 600 metres deep. Their geographic range is from the Gulf of Alaska in the east, to the Chukchi Sea in the north, to the Sea of Japan in the west.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Flatfishes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Pleuronectes
Maximum length: 87 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: North Pacific: Peter the Great Bay to Point Hope in the Chukchi Sea south to Unalaska Island and east to Kayak Island in southeast Alaska.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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