Scophthalmus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Pleuronectoidei

Familia: Scophthalmidae
Genus: Scophthalmus
Species: S. aquosus – S. maeoticus – S. maximus – S. rhombus
Name

Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810

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.

Type species: Pleuronectes rhombus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation, designated by Jordan, 1917
Gender: masculine

Synonymy

Psetta Swainson, 1839

References

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. abstract only seen
Rafinesque, C. S. (1810) Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp. 1-70, Pls. 1-2.