Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Family : Pleuronectidae
Genus : Hippoglossus
Species : hippoglossus
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 470 cm NG male/unsexed; 300 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 320.0 kg; max. reported age: 50 years
Length at first maturity
Lm 98.8, range 110 - ? cm
Environment
Demersal; oceanodromous; marine; depth range 50 - 2000 m
Climate / Range
Temperate; 79°N - 36°N, 77°W - 55°E
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Family : Pleuronectidae
Genus : Hippoglossus
Species : hippoglossus
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 470 cm NG male/unsexed; 300 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 320.0 kg; max. reported age: 50 years
Length at first maturity
Lm 98.8, range 110 - ? cm
Environment
Demersal; oceanodromous; marine; depth range 50 - 2000 m
Climate / Range
Temperate; 79°N - 36°N, 77°W - 55°E
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Spitsbergen, Barents Sea, Iceland and eastern Greenland. Western Atlantic: southwestern Greenland and Labrador in Canada to Virginia in USA.
Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 98 - 110; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 73 - 85. Uniformly dark brown or black; young marbled or spotted with paler marks.
Biology
Adults are benthic but occasionally pelagic. Feed mainly on other fishes (cod, haddock, pogge, sand-eels, herring, capelin), but also takes cephalopods, large crustaceans and other bottom-living animals. Batch spawner. Growth rate varies according to density, competition and availability of food. Slow growth rate and late onset of sexual maturity, halibut populations can be seriously affected by overfishing. Utilized fresh, dried or salted, smoked and frozen; can be steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Atlantisk Helleflynder Danish Denmark
Helleflynder Danish Denmark
Heilbot Dutch Netherlands
Atlantic halibut English Canada
Atlantic halibut English UK
Atlantic halibut English USA
Fletch English USA
Flitch English USA
Halibut English Isle of Man
Halibut English UK
Halibut English USA
Harilik Hiidlest Estonian Estonia
Flundra Faroese Faeroe Is
Geiraspjað Faroese Faeroe Is
Geiraspjørr Faroese Faeroe Is
Grábein Faroese Faeroe Is
Hveita Faroese Faeroe Is
Kalvaspjað Faroese Faeroe Is
Kalvi Faroese Faeroe Is
Klovningur Faroese Faeroe Is
Kølva Faroese Faeroe Is
Legukølva Faroese Faeroe Is
Spjað Faroese Faeroe Is
Spjaldur Faroese Faeroe Is
Spragga Faroese Faeroe Is
Sprøka Faroese Faeroe Is
Stybbingur Faroese Faeroe Is
Stývingur Faroese Faeroe Is
Ruijanpallas Finnish Finland
Flétan French France
Flétan atlantique French Can Quebec
Flétan atlantique French Canada
flétan atlantique French USA
Flétan de l'Atlantique French France
Heilbutt German Germany
Weißer Heilbutt German Germany
Hippóglossa Greek Greece
Nataarnaq Greenlandic Greenland
Heilagfiski Icelandic Iceland
Lúða Icelandic Iceland
Halibut Italian Italy
Ohyô Japanese Japan
庸鰈 Mandarin Chinese China Main
庸鲽 Mandarin Chinese China Main
Kveite Norwegian Norway
Halibut bialy Polish Poland
Alabote Portuguese Portugal
Alabote-do-Atlântico Portuguese Portugal
Halibut Rumanian Romania
Koniski jezik Serbian Serbia
Fletan Spanish Spain
Fletán del Atlántico Spanish Spain
Halibut Spanish Spain
Hipogloso Spanish Spain
Helgeflundra Swedish Sweden
Hälleflundra Swedish Sweden
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