Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Iftime, Alexandru & Oţel, Vasile, 2025, An annotated systematical checklist of the Romanian ichthyofauna, Zootaxa 5654 (1), pp. 1-64 : 30

Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)

A native marine species, found sporadically in Romanian Black Sea waters ( Bănărescu 1964; Vasil’eva 2007; Oțel 2007; Radu et al. 2008; Yankova et al. 2014; Cocan & MireȘan 2018).

Fam. Pleuronectidae

Subfam. Pleuronectinae

Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)

A native marine/euryhaline species, found along all Romanian Black Sea waters; formerly also in all Razim lagoon complex and in the Siutghiol littoral lake ( Bănărescu 1964 [as Pleuronectes flesus ]); nowadays only in the Sinoe lagoon; also found (till today) in the RoȘuleț freshwater lake in the Danube Delta (Oțel 2007; Radu et al. 2008; Maximov & Zaharia 2010; Yankova et al. 2014; Țoțoiu et al. 2018; Cocan & MireȘan 2018; Niță et al. 2022).

Fam. Soleidae

Pegusa nasuta (Pallas, 1811)

A native marine species, found along all Romanian Black Sea waters ( Bănărescu 1964 [as Solea lascaris ]; Oțel 2007 [as Pegusa lascaris ]; Vasil’eva 2007; Maximov & Zaharia 2010 [as Solea nasuta ]; Cocan & MireȘan 2018 [as both Pegusa lascaris and P. nasuta ]; Niță et al. 2022 [as Pegusa lascaris ]).

Morphometric data given by CărăuȘu (1952), Bănărescu (1964) and Oțel (2007) from Romanian material allow identification of Romanian Pegusa as P. nasuta (as opposed to P. lascaris ) following the criteria of Chanet et al. (2011).