Turbot

Turbot
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Family:	Scophthalmidae
Genus:	Scophthalmus
Species:	S. maximus
Binomial name
	Scophthalmus maximus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	List Pleuronectes cyclops Donovan, 1806; Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758; Pleuronectes turbot Lacepède, 1802; Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758); Psetta maxima maxima (Linnaeus, 1758); Rhombus aculeatus Gottsche, 1835; Rhombus magnus Minding, 1832; Rhombus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758); Rhombus stellosus Bennett, 1835; Scophthalmus ponticus Ninni, 1932; ;

The turbot (English:

Black Sea turbot or kalkan (S. maeoticus).^[4] 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 (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides).^[5]

Etymology

The word comes from the

The Emperor's Fish") by Juvenal, a Roman poet of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, suggesting this fish was a delicacy in the Roman empire

.

Description

The turbot is a large

North Atlantic. The European turbot has an asymmetric disk-shaped body, and has been known to grow up to one metre (40 inches) long and 25 kilograms (55 pounds) in weight.^[3]^[8]

Fisheries

Turbot is highly prized as a food fish for its delicate flavour, and is also known as brat, breet, britt, or butt. It is a valuable commercial species, acquired through aquaculture and trawling. Turbot are farmed in Bulgaria, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Chile, Norway, and China.^[9] Turbot has a bright white flesh that retains this appearance when cooked. Like all flatfish, turbot yields four

baked, poached, steamed, or pan-fried

.

References

doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198731A144939322.en
. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

^ "turbot". dictionary.reference.com.

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Psetta maxima" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Scophthalmus in FishBase. December 2019 version.

ISBN 978-0-521-88122-7
.

^ "turbot, n.". OED Online. Oxford University Press. December 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

^ "turbot". Online Etymology Dictionary.

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Turbot" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

^ Psetta Maxima Archived 2011-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Seafood Portal

External links

Look up turbot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scophthalmus maximus.

"Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turbot&oldid=1215017441"

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198731A144939322.en
. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] "turbot". dictionary.reference.com.

[FishBase-3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Psetta maxima" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

[4] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Scophthalmus in FishBase. December 2019 version.

[5] ISBN 978-0-521-88122-7
.

[6] "turbot, n.". OED Online. Oxford University Press. December 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

[7] "turbot". Online Etymology Dictionary.

[8] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Turbot" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[9] Psetta Maxima Archived 2011-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Seafood Portal

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