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Scophthalmus
Sign in to saveScophthalmus is a genus of turbots, relatively large flatfish native to the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. The name comes from the Greek words σκόπελος (skópelos) and ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós) "eye", where σκόπελος would mean according to Liddell & Scott "lookout place, promontory", and according to P. Romero "lanternfish".
Species
Turbot
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilyScophthalmidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- Family
- Scophthalmidae
- Collections
- CM, GNM, MZLU, USNM, FMNH, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Italy, Sweden, Denmark, France, Mexico, Romania
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- Parent taxon
- Scophthalmidae
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- Psetta maeotica (upside).jpg
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Scophthalmus is a genus of turbots, relatively large flatfish native to the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. The name comes from the Greek words σκόπελος (skópelos) and ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós) "eye", where σκόπελος would mean according to Liddell & Scott "lookout place, promontory", and according to P. Romero "lanternfish".
== Species == 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) The fossil species †Scophthalmus stamatini (Paucă, 1931), the earliest known fossil scophthalmid, is known from the Early Oligocene of Poland and Romania.
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