Brill (fish)

Brill
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Family:	Scophthalmidae
Genus:	Scophthalmus
Species:	S. rhombus
Binomial name
	Scophthalmus rhombus; (Linnaeus, 1758)

For other uses of the word Brill, see Brill (disambiguation).

The brill, Scophthalmus rhombus, is a species of flatfish in the turbot family (Scophthalmidae) of the order Pleuronectiformes. Brill can be found in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and Mediterranean, primarily in deeper offshore waters.^[1]

The brill have slender bodies, brown with lighter and darker coloured flecks covering its body, excluding the tailfin; the underside of the fish is usually cream coloured or pinkish white. Like other flatfish the brill has the ability to match its colour to the surroundings. Brills are on average between 40 cm to 75 cm in length and weigh up 3 kg. Part of the dorsal fin of the fish is not connected to the fin membrane, which gives the fish a frilly appearance. They are sometimes confused with the Turbot (Psetta maxima), which is more diamond-shaped. On the west coast of Canada local fisherman refer to the Petrale Sole, Eopsetta jordanii as brill.

Name in other languages [edit]

Brill
Language	Name
Galician	Coruxo, cruxo
French	Barbue
Italian	Rombo Liscio
Catalan	Rèmol
Danish	Slethvar
Dutch	Griet
Polish	Nagład
Swedish	Slätvar
German	Glattbutt
Romanian	Calcan
Greek	Καλκάνι (Calcani)
Portuguese	Rodovalho
Slovene	Gladki romb
Spanish	Rombo
Finnish	Silokampela
Ukrainian	Калкан гладенький
Estonian	Sile kammeljas