Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Turbot
- Local names: Breet
- Climates: Subtropical, Temperate
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa, Europe, Asia
- Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Norwegian sea, North Sea, English channel, Baltic sea, View all... Aegean Sea, Planet Earth, Atlantic Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Scophthalmus - Turbots
- Family: Scophthalmidae - Turbots
- Order: Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes