Species
Hippoglossus stenolepis (Pacific halibut)
Hippoglossus stenolepis. Photo: (c) Neptune Canada, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Order: Carangiformes (Barracudas, jacks, remoras, flounders, billfishes, and allies)
- Suborder: Pleuronectoidei (Flatfishes)
- Family: Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders)
- Subfamily: Hippoglossinae
- Genus: Hippoglossus
- Species: Hippoglossus stenolepis (Pacific halibut)
- Genus: Hippoglossus
- Subfamily: Hippoglossinae
- Family: Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders)
- Suborder: Pleuronectoidei (Flatfishes)
- Order: Carangiformes (Barracudas, jacks, remoras, flounders, billfishes, and allies)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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