Scophthalmus

Scophthalmus maximus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleuronectoidei

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

• 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.

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