Turbot

For other uses, see Turbot (disambiguation)}}}.

Turbot (pronounced tur-bit [tʊɹbɨt]) (family Scophthalmidae, order Pleuronectiformes) are flatfish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic. The taxon name comes from the Greek language, with skopein meaning "to look" and ophthalmos meaning "eye".

The European Turbot (Psetta maxima) is a large left-eyed flatfish found primarily close to shore in sandy shallow waters throughout the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the North Atlantic. The European Turbot has an asymmetrical disk-shaped body, and may attain sizes of 30 to 40 pounds (approx. 15 to 17 kilograms).

Turbot is highly prized for its delicate flavour, and is a valuable commercial species, acquired through aquaculture and trawling. Turbot are farmed in France, Spain and Chile.

Turbot has a bright white flesh that retains its appearance when cooked. Like all flatfish, turbot yields four fillets with meatier topside portions that may be baked, poached or pan-fried.

American English speakers occasionally mispronounce turbot as tur-bo, likely a back-formation based on French words ending in -ot.

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