| Scophthalmidae | |
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| Scophthalmus maximus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Scophthalmidae Chabanaud, 1933 |
| Type genus | |
| Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
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| Genera[1] | |
The Scophthalmidae are a family of flatfish found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.[2] Fish of this family are known commonly as turbots,[1][3] though this name can refer specifically to Scophthalmus maximus, as well. Some common names found in species of this family are turbots, windowpanes, and brills.[4]
Cladistic analysis reveals that this family is a monophyletic group.[2]
Of all the scophthalmids, the largest species (Scophthalmus maximus) reaches approximately one meter in length.[4] Some species in the family have been historically fished commercially (predominantly the brill flatfish and the turbot flatfish, S.rhombus and S. maximus respectively).[2]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Scophthalmidae". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ a b c Chanet, B. (2003). "Interrelationships of scophthalmid fishes (Pleuronectiformes: Scopththalmidae)" (PDF). Cybium. 27 (4): 275–286.
- ^ "Scophthalmidae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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