Hippoglossus
Genus of fishes
Hippoglossus | |
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Atlantic halibut (H. hippoglossus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
Genus: | Hippoglossus G. Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Hippoglossus is a genus of very large righteye flounders with one species native to the north Atlantic Ocean and one to the north Pacific Ocean.[1]
Etymology
The word hippoglossus is derived from the Greek ἵππος (hippos), meaning "horse", and γλῶσσα (glōssa), meaning "tongue" - a reference to the shape of the fish.
Species
There are two species in this genus:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Atlantic halibut) | northern Atlantic, from Labrador and Greenland to Iceland, the Barents Sea and as far south as the Bay of Biscay and Virginia |
Hippoglossus stenolepis P. J. Schmidt, 1904 (Pacific halibut) | Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea, off the west coast of Canada, coastal Washington, Oregon, and California |
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hippoglossus". FishBase.
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