#2129 · 🐟 fish

Turbot

🇳🇱 Tarbot ·Scophthalmus maximus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

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2. © Valentin de Mazancourt · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?

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 and the Mediterranean Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 10iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 413iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 10 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
413 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Turbot
Nederlands: Tarbot
scientific name: Scophthalmus maximus
class: Actinopterygii
order: Carangiformes
family: Scophthalmidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 10
sightings in Europe: 170
sightings worldwide: 413
GBIF records in NL: 9,110
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 416585, Wikidata Q217329, GBIF 2409418, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.