Scophthalmus
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| S. maeoticus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Scophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Pleuronectes rhombus | |
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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".[1][2]
Species
[edit]There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill, 1815) (Windowpane flounder)
- Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) (Black-Sea Turbot)
- Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Turbot)
- Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brill)
References
[edit]- ^ "Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)". FishBase. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Romero, P. (2002). An etymological dictionary of taxonomy.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Scophthalmus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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