OCEAN-UKRAINE - Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)

BlackSea taxon details

Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)

AphiaID

305800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:305800)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810

Original name

Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814

Synonymised names

Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted

Psetta maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of the specific epithet)

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) 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]. Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg]. v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 419 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814). Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2025) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=305800 on 2026-06-04

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=305800 on 2026-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-01-08 11:20:45Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of ) 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]. Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg]. 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]

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]