Vertebral Numbers of American Plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius), in the Northwest Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Pitt, T. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1963
• Subjects: General Medicine; Newfoundland; Labrador Shelf; Northeast Newfoundland Shelf; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f63-083; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f63-083

Vertebral numbers of American plaice in the Northwest Atlantic are compared. Counts ranged from 42 to 48 vertebrae excluding the urostylar half-vertebra.No significant difference was found between vertebral averages of males and females.Averages for an area extending from the Northeast Newfoundland...