DISTRIBUTION. 
Where does the plaice live? The answer is that it is to be found 
along our whole Atlantic coast and to the south along the New 
England states as far as Cape Cod and occasionally even off New 
York, while at the north it occurs as far as the strait of Belle Isle 
and perhaps farther, though no records of its being on the outer 
coast of Labrador have been published. It also lives in Greenland 
waters, and as a slightly different variety along the coasts of north- 
western Europe. 
As to the depth of the water in which it lives there are records 
of its having been taken in as shailow water as 5 fathoms at Ice- 
land and in as deep water as 350 fathoms in Davis strait. Usually, 
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Fic. 3.—Atlantic Coast with the area inhabited by the plaice indicated by parallel lines. 
Circles and crosses show the places where the adults and the eggs or the fry res- 
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however, it is found only at depths of from 20 to 100 fathoms and 
in figure 10 can be seen how we found it strictly limited to the deeper 
parts of the water between Cape Breton and the Magdalen islands. 
At these levels is to be found during the greater part of the year 
the coldest part of the water, and in this it thrives. 
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