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.
| Scophthalmus maeoticus | |
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| Black Sea turbot on both sides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Scophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Scophthalmus |
| Species: | S. maeoticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)
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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
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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.
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