Scophthalmidae

The Scophthalmidae are a family of flatfish found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.[2] Fish of this family are known commonly as turbots,[1][3] though this name can refer specifically to Scophthalmus maximus, as well.

Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmus maximus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
(unranked): Acanthomorpha
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Scophthalmidae
Chabanaud, 1933
Type genus
Scophthalmus
Genera[1]

Lepidorhombus
Phrynorhombus
Scophthalmus
Zeugopterus

Cladistic analysis reveals that this family is a monophyletic group.[2]

Of the nine species, the largest reaches 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length. Some species in the family are fished commercially.

References
  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Scophthalmidae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. Chanet, B. (2003). Interrelationships of scophthalmid fishes (Pleuronectiformes: Scopththalmidae). Cybium 27(4) 275-86.
  3. eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Scophthalmidae at http://www.eol.org.


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