turbot
Sign in to savethumb|Capture (blue) and aquaculture (green) production of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO The turbot ( ), 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. Turbot in the Black Sea were often included in this species, but are now generally regarded as separate: the Black Sea turbot or kalkan (S. maeoticus). T
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The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a large flatfish found in the Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, and Mediterranean Sea that serves as an important food fish for human consumption. It is now commonly farmed through aquaculture in addition to being caught wild, as shown by increasing global production over recent decades.
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- Scophthalmus
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thumb|Capture (blue) and aquaculture (green) production of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO The turbot ( ), 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. Turbot in the Black Sea were often included in this species, but are now generally regarded as separate: the Black Sea turbot or kalkan (S. maeoticus). 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). The name turbot can refer to any member of the family Scolopthalmidae, and some other flatfish have similar common names (e.g., spiny turbots of the genus Psettodes).
==Etymology==