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Scophthalmus

Scophthalmus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–present
S. maeoticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Scophthalmidae
Genus: Scophthalmus
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Pleuronectes rhombus
Synonyms

Scophthalmus is a genus of turbots, relatively large flatfish native to the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. The name comes from the Greek words σκόπελος (skópelos) and ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós) "eye", where σκόπελος would mean according to Liddell & Scott "lookout place, promontory", and according to P. Romero "lanternfish".[1][2]

Species

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There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]

The fossil species †Scophthalmus stamatini (Paucă, 1931), the earliest known fossil scophthalmid, is known from the Early Oligocene of Poland and Romania.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)". FishBase. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ Romero, P. (2002). An etymological dictionary of taxonomy.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Scophthalmus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. ^ Baciu, Dorin Sorin; Grădianu, Ionuţ; Seserman, Anca; Dumitriu, Tony Cristian (2016). "Oligocene fish fauna and sedimentological particularities of the Bituminous Marls of the Vrancea Nappe, Eastern Carpathians, Romania". Seria Geologie. 62 (1–2): 29–46.
  5. ^ Kovalchuk, Oleksandr; Bienkowska-Wasiluk, Małgorzata; Dubikovska, Anastasiia; Świdnicka, Ewa; Stefaniak, Krzysztof; Khekalo, Olga; Barkaszi, Zoltán. "Oligocene flatfishes (Teleostei, Pleuronectiformes) of the Outer Carpathian Basin". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 0 (0): e2520490. doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2520490. ISSN 0272-4634.


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