turbot

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q217329
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Summary

turbot is a taxon[1]. turbot ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,232 views/month, #964 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Scophthalmus[5]
  • Taxon name: Scophthalmus maximus[6]
  • Subclass of: fish as food[7], seafood[8]
  • Commons category: Scophthalmus maximus[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scophthalmus maximus[10]
  • Commons gallery: Scophthalmus maximus[11]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[13], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
  • Taxon synonym: Psetta maxima[16]
  • Short name: S. maximus[17]
  • Taxon common name: tarbot[18], turbot[19], Steinbutt[20], piikkikampela[21], Rodaballo[22], skarp[23], piggvar[24], rodaballu[25]
  • MCN code: 0302.24.00[26]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[28]
  • Sequenced genome URL: http://www.ensembl.org/Scophthalmus_maximus[29]
  • Regional conservation status: Near Threatened[30]

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Identifiers

turbot's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 416585[31]. turbot's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52904[32]. turbot's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 213913[33]. turbot's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2409418[34]. turbot's ITIS TSN is recorded as 172748[35].

Why It Matters

turbot has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] turbot is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293250
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293250, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  2. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → fish as food, seafood
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge +1
    Taxon synonym → Psetta maxima
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Endangered status, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
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