Plaice Plaice Plaice is a common name for a group of flatfish that comprises four species: the European, American, Alaskan and scale-eye plaice. Commercially, the most important plaice is the European. The principal commercial flatfish in Europe, it is also widely fished recreationally, has potential as an aquaculture species, and is kept as an aquarium fish. Also commercially important is the American plaice. The term "plaice" (plural "plaice") comes from the 14th-century Anglo-French "plais". This in turn comes from the late Latin "platessa", meaning flatfish, which originated from the Ancient Greek "platys", meaning broad. The European plaice ("Pleuronectes platessa") is a
Pinnoctopus cordiformis appear to be consistent differences between specimens identified as "P. cordiformis" and those identified as "O. maorum" which suggests that there is a second species but this species more closely resembles a species of the genus "Enteroctopus", with the description closely resembling "Enteroctopus zealandicus". The name "the name Pinnoctopus cordiformis" is regarded as unresolved, a "nomen dubium", by some authorities. Pinnoctopus cordiformis Pinnoctopus cordiformis is a species of octopus found around the coasts of New Zealand. "Pinnoctopus cordiformis" is identifiable by their orange-brown or purple-grey colouration; iridescent white spots are also found on the arms and web. No white spots