Psetta

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In addition, there is increased interest and success in the farming of Atlantic halibut, sea bass ( '' Dicentrachus labrax ''), turbot ( '' Psetta maxima ''), cod, and some other marine fish, and recently there has been a considerable increase in the production of abalone ( '' Haliotis rufuscens '') and blue mussel ( '' Mytilus edulis '').

Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009
BRILL, the name given to a flat-fish (_Psetta laevis_, or _Rhombus laevis_) which is a species closely related to the turbot, differing [v. 04 p. 0571] from it in having very small scales, being smaller in size, having no bony tubercules in the skin, and being reddish in colour.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
Witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), turbot (Psetta maxima), basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus), ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Past variability in Arctic marine systems 2009