Scophthalmus
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Scophthalmus is a genus
in the family
Scophthalmidae
. The genus consists of four species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmidae is a family of flatfish which includes the turbot. It contains ten species in four genera.-Species:-References: Species List . Accessed at 2 May 2009. taxon at http://www.eol.org....
. The genus consists of four species:
- Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill, 1815) - Windowpane flounderWindowpane flounderWindowpane flounder is a fish species in the family Scophthalmidae. Widespread on the depth of 55-73 m in the Western Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to Florida in USA. Important commercial species, up to 45.7 cm length, lives up to 7 years.-References:*...
- Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) - Black-Sea TurbotBlack-Sea TurbotBlack-Sea Turbot or Kalkan is a fish species in the family Scophthalmidae. Widespread in the Black Sea. Usually consider as a subspecies of the Turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, which is common in the Mediterranean Sea. Now the taxonomic status of this species is under discussion. Important commercial...
- Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) - TurbotTurbotThe turbot is a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.-Etymology:...
- Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) - BrillBrill (fish)The brill, Scophthalmus rhombus, is a species of flatfish in the turbot family of the order Pleuronectiformes. Brill can be found in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and Mediterranean, primarily in deeper offshore waters....