Turbot

Taxobox
name = Turbot

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Psetta maxima"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Pleuronectiformes
familia = "Scophthalmidae"
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Psetta"

Turbot (family Scophthalmidae, order Pleuronectiformes) are flatfish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic.

Name

Taxon name

The taxon name for Turbot comes from the Greek language: "skopein" meaning "to look" and "ophthalmos" meaning "eye". Fact|date=March 2008

Pronunciation of "Turbot"

The name of the fish may be pronounced "tur-bit" or "tur-but" (in rhotic English IPA2|tɝɻbɪt or IPA2|tɝɻbət, in non-rhotic English IPA2|ˈtɜbɪt or IPA2|ˈtɜbət).Alternatively, American English speakers may often pronounce turbot as "tur-bo" ( IPA2|ˈtɝɻboʊ). This is likely a back-formation based on French words ending in "-ot"; the French pronunciation of "turbot" is (IPA2|tyʁbo).

Varieties of Turbot

The European 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).Fact|date=March 2008
Greenland Turbot ("Reinhardtius hippoglossoides"), sometimes known as blue halibut or Greenland halibut, is usually harvested in the cold waters off Greenland in water depths of up to 1000m. Both flavor and texture is very similar to Pacific Halibut.Fact|date=March 2008

Turbot as food fish

Turbot is highly prized as a food fish for its delicate flavour. It is a valuable commercial species, acquired through aquaculture and trawling. Turbot are farmed in France, Spain, Turkey, Chile, Norway and China. Fact|date=March 2008Turbot 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. Fact|date=March 2008

Turbot vision

Turbot has the sharpest vision out of all fish species.Fact|date=September 2007

See also

* Turbot War

External links

* [http://www.answers.com/topic/turbot Turbot @ About.com]
* [http://www.healthaliciousness.com/nutritionfacts/nutrition-comparison.php?o=15129&t=15222&h=&s=100&e=100&r= Nutrition Facts for Turbot]