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Plaice

Plaice Pleuronectes platessa

Plaice is a diamond-shaped flatfish that lives on sandy seabeds all around the UK. Their mottled colouration provides excellent camouflage against sandy seabeds and are often only spotted once they move. Image: Poul Erik Rasmussen (iNaturalist).

Find out more: Suffolk Wildlife TrustiNaturalist, Marine Life Information Centre