Family Scophthalmidae - Turbots
  Order
:
Scophthalmidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 3 | Species : 9 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Tertiary     Miocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
North Atlantic, Baltic, Mediterranean, Black seas. Eyes on left side; mouth large and lower jaw prominent. Both pelvic fin bases elongate. Egg with a single oil globule in the yolk. Maximum length about 1 m in Psetta maxima.
  Etymology
:
Greek, skopein = to look, watch + Greek, ophthalmos = eye ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
sluggish
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Carangaria | | | Pleuronectiformes | Pleuronectoidei | | Scophthalmidae

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[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Scophthalmidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Pleuronectes rhombus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
! Scophtalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Pleuronectes laevis Turton, 1802
synonymjuniororiginal
Rhombus laevis (Turton, 1802)
synonymjuniornew
Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Psetta maxima maxima (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Rhombus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Pleuronectes turbot Lacepède, 1802
synonymjuniororiginal
Pleuronectes cyclops Donovan, 1806
synonymjuniororiginal
Rhombus magnus Minding, 1832
synonymjuniororiginal
Rhombus stellosus Bennett, 1835
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Rhombus aculeatus Gottsche, 1835
synonymjuniororiginal
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Pleuronectes maeoticus (non Pallas, 1814)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Psetta maeotica (non Pallas, 1814)
misappliedmisappliednew
Rhombus maeoticus (non Pallas, 1814)
misappliedmisappliednew
Scophthalmus maeoticus (non Pallas, 1814)
misappliedmisappliednew
Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814)
synonymseniornew
Psetta maxima maeotica (Pallas, 1814)
synonymseniornew
Rhombus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)
synonymseniornew
! Scophthalmus maeotica (Pallas, 1814)
synonymseniornew
Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill, 1815)
acceptedseniornew
Pleuronectes aquosus Mitchill, 1815
synonymseniororiginal
Lophopsetta aquosa (Mitchill, 1815)
synonymseniornew
Zeugopterus punctatus (Bloch, 1787)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Zeugopterus regius (Bonnaterre, 1788)
acceptedseniornew
Pleuronectes regius Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymseniororiginal
Phrynorhombus regius (Bonnaterre, 1788)
synonymseniornew
Zeugopterus norvegicus (Günther, 1862)
acceptedseniornew
Rhombus norvegicus Günther, 1862
synonymseniororiginal
Phrynorhombus norvegicus (Günther, 1862)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Lepidorhombus megastoma (Donovan, 1804)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Lepidorhombus boscii (Risso, 1810)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Arnoglossus boscii (Risso, 1810)
synonymseniornew
Hippoglossus boscii (Risso, 1810)
synonymseniornew
Rhombus boscii (Risso, 1810)
synonymseniornew
! Lepidorhombus bosci (Risso, 1810)
synonymseniornew
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