| Black-Sea Turbot | |
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| Black-Sea Turbot on both sides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Scophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Scophthalmus |
| Species: | S. maeoticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) |
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Black-Sea Turbot or Kalkan (Scophthalmus maeoticus) is a fish species in the family Scophthalmidae. Widespread in the Black Sea.[1] Usually consider as a subspecies of the Turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, which is common in the Mediterranean Sea.[2] Now the taxonomic status of this species is under discussion. Important commercial species.