Turbot: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the turbot lives – recorded in 15 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Scophthalmus maximus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	15 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Pleuronectiformes
Family	Scophthalmidae

Where does the turbot live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the turbot in 15 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the turbot endangered?

The turbot’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the turbot?

The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Pleuronectiformes and the family Scophthalmidae, genus Scophthalmus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the turbot

The turbot ( TUR-bət), Scophthalmus maximus, is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important food fish. Turbot in the Black Sea were often included in this species, but are now generally regarded as separate: the Black Sea turbot or kalkan (S. maeoticus). True turbot are not found in the Northwest Atlantic; the "turbot" of that region, which was involved in the so-called "Turbot War" between Canada and Spain, is the Greenland halibut or Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides). The name turbot can refer to any member of the family Scolopthalmidae, and some other flatfish have similar common names (e.g., spiny turbots of the genus Psettodes).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Turbot (revision 1355114984), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q217329 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).