Turbots (Scophthalmus)

Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Turbots
Classification
- Family: Scophthalmidae - Turbots
- Order: Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Scophthalmus is a genus of turbots, relatively large flatfish native to the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill, 1815) (Windowpane flounder) Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) (Black-Sea Turbot) Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Turbot) Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brill)