Biology:Scophthalmus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Scophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810 |
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| 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.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill, 1815) (Windowpane flounder)
- Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) (Black-Sea Turbot)
- Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Turbot)
- Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brill)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Scophthalmus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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Wikidata ☰ Q2705790 entry
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