turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) A Couple of Turbot
Subject: Turbot, Flatfishes
Tag: Fish
Date 1876
Author Unknown
Source/Photographer
English: (1876) Treasures of the Deep : a Descriptive Account of the Great Fisheries and Their Products, London: Nelson and Sons, p. 87
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_43617_Couple_of_Turbot.jpeg
The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The turbot is a large left-eyed flatfish found primarily close to shore in sandy shallow waters.
