Fish of the Scophthalmus genus of the Scophthalmidae (turbots) family of the Pleuronectoidei suborder of the Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Brill. Photo by © Vitaly Giragosov, Antonina Khanaychenko. fishbase.org)
Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778).
It lives at the depth of 5-50 meters. It prefers to swim near the sandy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 75 cm, specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 8 kg. It feeds on small fish and large crustaceans.
(Brill. Photo by © Lauri Urho. luontoportti.com)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of brill (Scophthalmus rhombus) in other languages are as follows:
Rombi i lëmuar (Albanian), Griet (Dutch), Ρομβοπισί (Romvopisί) (Greek), Rémol (Spanish), Rombo liscio, Soaso (Italian), Glattbutt (German), Nagład (Polish), Rodovalho (Portuguese), Гладкий ромб (Gladkij romb), Бриль (Brilj) (Russian), Romb, Rumbač ljuskaš (Serbian, Croatian), Gladki romb (Slovenian), Çivisiz kalkan (Turkish), Barbue (French).