Scophthalmus maeoticus
Appearance
Scophthalmus maeoticus | |
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Black Sea turbot on both sides | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Scophthalmidae |
Genus: | Scophthalmus |
Species: | S. maeoticus
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Binomial name | |
Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)
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Synonyms | |
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Scophthalmus maeoticus (Black Sea turbot or kalkan) is a fish species in the family Scophthalmidae. It is widespread in the Black Sea.[1] It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, which is common in the Mediterranean Sea.[2] The taxonomic status of this species is under discussion. It is an important commercial species.
References
[edit]- ^ Scophthalmus maeoticus at FishBase
- ^ Bailly N., Chanet B. (2010) Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810: The valid generic name for the turbot, S. maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [Pleuronectiformes: Scophthalmidae]. Cybium, 34(3): 257-261.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Scophthalmus maeoticus at Wikimedia Commons
Turbot species
This species of turbot lives in the Black Sea between Russia and crimea. This species is black , according to images.
This species is fished quite a bit but we don’t know how much since the IUCN red list hasn’t given us data.