WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

154473 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154473)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Psetta Swainson, 1839 accepted as Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810

Original name

Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Psetta maxima maeotica (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)
Subspecies Psetta maxima maxima (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154473 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2012-03-08 06:57:52Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	shkotra	[details]
Bulgarian	Черноморски калкан	[details]
Danish	pighvarre	[details]
Dutch	tarbot	[details]
English	turbot	[details]
Finnish	piikkikampela	[details]
German	Steinbutt	[details]
Icelandic	sandhverfa	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Σιάκι	[details]
Norwegian	piggvar	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	piggvar	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	piggvar	[details]
Polish	turbotskarp	[details]
Portuguese	rodovalhopregado	[details]
Russian	tyurbo	[details]
Spanish	rodaballo	[details]
Swedish	piggvar	[details]