Turbot
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| Psetta maxima | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Scophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Psetta |
| Species: | P. maxima |
The turbot is a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic, Black Sea, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
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[edit] Etymology
The word comes from the Old Swedish törnbut (meaning thorn butt or stump) and was adopted into English and French about the same time, around the 13th century.[1]
Turbot is pronounced /ˈtɜrbɨt/ "turb-it". It is occasionally mispronounced /ˈtɜrboʊ/ "tur-bo". This is likely a back-formation based on French words ending in -ot (the French pronunciation of "turbot" is [tyʁbo]).
[edit] Description
The turbot (Psetta maxima) is a large left-eyed flatfish found primarily close to shore in sandy shallow waters throughout the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the North Atlantic. The European turbot has an asymmetrical disk-shaped body, and may attain sizes of 30 to 40 pounds (approx. 15 to 17 kilograms).[citation needed]
[edit] Fisheries
Turbot is highly prized as a food fish for its delicate flavour, and is also known as breet, britt or butt. It is a valuable commercial species, acquired through aquaculture and trawling. Turbot are farmed in France, Spain, Turkey, Chile, Norway and China. [2] Turbot has a bright white flesh that retains its appearance when cooked. Like all flatfish, turbot yields four fillets with meatier topside portions that may be baked, poached or pan-fried.
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Wikispecies has information related to: Psetta maxima |
- ^ Concise Oxford Dictionary, London: OUP, 1964
- ^ Seafood Portal. Psetta Maxima
- "Psetta maxima". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2009 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2009.
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