Turbot

For other uses, see Turbot (disambiguation).

Turbot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Scophthalmidae
Genus: Scophthalmus
Species:
S. maximus
Binomial name
Scophthalmus maximus
Synonyms
List
    • Pleuronectes cyclops Donovan, 1806
    • Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758
    • Pleuronectes turbot Lacepède, 1802
    • Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Psetta maxima maxima (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Rhombus aculeatus Gottsche, 1835
    • Rhombus magnus Minding, 1832
    • Rhombus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Rhombus stellosus Bennett, 1835
    • Scophthalmus ponticus Ninni, 1932

The turbot (English: /ˈtɜːrbət/ TUR-bət, French: [tyʁbo].;[2] Scophthalmus maximus) is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important food fish.[3] Turbot in the Black Sea have often been included in this species, but are now generally regarded as separate, the Black Sea turbot or kalkan (S. maeoticus).[4] True turbot are not found in the Northwest Atlantic; the "turbot" of that region, which was involved in the so-called "Turbot War" between Canada and Spain, is the Greenland halibut or Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides).[5]

  1. ^ Cardinale, M.; Chanet, B.; Martínez Portela, P.; Munroe, T.A.; Nimmegeers, S.; Shlyakhov, V.; Turan, C.; Vansteenbrugge, L. (2021). "Scophthalmus maximus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T198731A144939322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198731A144939322.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "turbot". dictionary.reference.com.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Psetta maxima" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Scophthalmus in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  5. ^ Stephens, T. (2009). International Courts and Environmental Protection. Cambridge University Press. pp. 212–214. ISBN 978-0-521-88122-7.