Fish of the Zeugopterus genus of the Scophthalmidae (turbots) family of the Pleuronectoidei suborder of the Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Eckström’s topknot. Photo by © Víctor Cebollada. commons.wikimedia.org)
Eckström‘s topknot (Zeugopterus regius) was first described in 1788 by the French naturalist Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752-1804).
It lives at the depth of 10-180 meters. It prefers to swim near a rocky or, rarely, sandy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 20 cm; specimens up to 12 cm long are more common. It feeds on small fish and invertebrates.
(Eckström’s topknot. Photo by © Robert A. Patzner. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent infrequent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Eckström’s topknot (Zeugopterus regius) in other languages are as follows:
Rombi larosh (Albanian), Παρδαλοζαγκέτα (Pardaljozangeta) (Greek), Pelaya miseres (Spanish), Rombo peloso (Italian), Einfleckige scholle (German), Bruxa (Portuguese), Poklopac kosmati, pokrivač (Serbian, Croatian), Kosmati romb (Slovenian), Beneklipisi balığı (Turkish), Phrynorhombe maculé (French).