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Alan Davidson

Turbot

Psetta maxima (Linnaeus)

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top 1000North Atlantic Seafood
North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Family Scophthalmidae

  • Portuguese: Rodovalho, Parracho
  • Spanish: Rodaballo
  • French: Turbot
  • Dutch: Tarbot
  • German: Steinbutt
  • Polish: Skarp
  • Russian: Tyurbo
  • Finnish: Piikkikampela
  • Swedish: Piggvar
  • Norwegian: Piggvar
  • Danish: Pighvarre
  • Icelandic: Sandhverfa

REMARKS Maximum length about 1 metre; common length 40 to 50 cm. The colour of the back matches the sea bed; sandy brown is therefore usual. The turbot has no scales, but sports bony tubercles on its body. The great breadth of the body accounts for the old Scots name Bannock-fluke (bannock being a round oatcake).

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