Turbot

Scophthalmus maximus

The turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important food fish. Turbot in the Black Sea were often included in this species, but are now generally regarded as separate: the Black Sea turbot or kalkan. True turbot are not found in the Northwest Atlantic; the "turbot" of that region, which was involved in the so-called "Turbot War" between Canada and Spain, is the Greenland halibut or Greenland turbot. The name turbot can refer to any member of the family Scolopthalmidae, and some other flatfish have similar common names.

Scientific name

Scophthalmus maximus

Family

Scophthalmidae

IUCN status

LC