WoRMS taxon details
Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)
305800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:305800)
accepted
Species
Bothus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814 · unaccepted
Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted
Psetta maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of the specific epithet)
Psetta maxima maeotica (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted
Rhombus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted (synonym)
Scophthalmus maeotica (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 419 [details]
page(s): 419 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=305800 on 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 419 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 419 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Καλκάνι Ευξείνου [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | Калкан черноморский [from synonym] | [details] |
| Turkish | kalkan | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Калкан чорноморський [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Psetta maxima maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Rhombus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scophthalmus maeoticus)
To FishBase (from synonym Psetta maxima maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Scophthalmus maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Psetta maxima maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Rhombus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scophthalmus maeoticus)
To FishBase (from synonym Psetta maxima maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Scophthalmus maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Psetta maxima maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
