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Definition of Scophthalmus
1. Noun. A genus of Bothidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Bothidae, Family Bothidae
Member holonyms: Scophthalmus Aquosus, Windowpane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scophthalmus
Literary usage of Scophthalmus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"Scophthalmus is based on descriptions, BOTHUS on specimens of the same two species.
Diplodus Rafinesque, 26, 54; type SPARUS ANNULARIS L. Equivalent to ..."
2. Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy And Effects by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... Turbot (yolk-sac larvae) Scophthalmus maximus 48 ... Turbot (yolk-sac larvae)
Scophthalmus maximus SD ..."
3. Fishes and Fisheries of the Irish Sea, and Especially of the Lancashire and by William Abbott Herdman, Robert A. Dawson (1902)
"... Liverpool, which was obtained in the district. It measures three inches in
length. Scophthalmus UNIMACULATUS (Risso.)—Bloch's Top-knot. ..."
4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Another species, similar to the brill in technical characters but very different
in appearance, is the turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, of Europe. ..."
5. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"In the Miocene are numerous other species of Bothus, as also tubercles referable
to Scophthalmus. On the testimony of fossils alone the genus Bothus, ..."
6. Recirculation edited by Peter W. Perschbacher (1995)
"Cyclical fluctuations in ammonia and nitrite-nitrogen resulting from the feeding
of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.), in recirculating systems. ..."
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