Pacific halibut

Pacific halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Hippoglossus
Species:
H. stenolepis
Binomial name
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Range of the Pacific halibut

Hippoglossus stenolepis, the Pacific halibut, is a species of righteye flounder. This very large species of flatfish is native to the North Pacific and is fished by commercial fisheries, sport fishers, and subsistence fishers.

  1. ^ "Hippoglossus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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