Latvian postage stamp depicting the fish Psetta maxima (L.)
Date 24 April 2010
Source Scan of postage stamp from own collection
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20040626_30sant_Latvia_Postage_Stamp.jpg
The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The turbot is a large left-eyed flatfish found primarily close to shore in sandy shallow waters. |