Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Pleuronectiformes > Family Scophthalmidae > Genus Scophthalmus

Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scophthalmus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name
*Psetta*	Swainson, 1839	synonym
*Rhombus*	Cuvier, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Pleuronectes maeoticus*	Pallas, 1814	synonym
*Psetta maeotica*	(Pallas, 1814)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Turkish: kalkan

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Scophthalmus maeoticus, Ukraine, by Giragosov, V.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:305800