Fish of the Lepidorhombus genus of the Scophthalmidae (turbots) family of the Pleuronectoidei suborder of the Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Megrim. Photo by © Alf Sichting. fishbase.org)
Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) was first described in 1792 by the German physician, naturalist, and zoologist Johann Julius Walbaum (1724 – 1799).
It lives at the depth of 100-700 meters. It prefers to swim near a muddy or sandy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 60 cm; specimens up to 25 cm long are more common. It feeds on small fish, squid, and invertebrates.
(Megrim. Photo by © Giovanni Icardi. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) in other languages are as follows:
Rombi i ashpër verdhacak (Albanian), Scharretong (Dutch), Κιτρινοζαγκέτα (Kitrinozangeta) (Greek), Gallo del Norte (Spanish), Rombo giallo (Italian), Flügelbutt (German), Smuklica (Polish), Aeeiro (Portuguese), Мегрим (Megrim) (Russian), Patarača oštronoska (Serbian, Croatian), Krilati romb (Slovenian), Cardine franche (French).