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species

Atlantic Halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Carangiformes » family Pleuronectidae - righteye flounders » genus Hippoglossus

Scientific synonyms

Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758
Hippoglossus americanus Gill, 1864
Hippoglossus gigas Swainson, 1839
Hippoglossus linnei Malm, 1877
Hippoglossus maximus Gottsche, 1965
Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828

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IUCN category 2024-1:	Near Threatened
Data last updated: 2025-03-02 05:46:38

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skeleton

Author: Lubomír Klátil

Links and literature

FishBase [1371]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication 2025 [species/11744]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 25 March 2025

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [10097]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024

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