Halibut

Halibut
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Faimily:	Pleuronectidae
Genus:	Hippoglossus
Species:	H. hippoglossus
Binomial name
	Hippoglossus hippoglossus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758; Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828; Hippoglossus gigas Swainson, 1839; Hippoglossus americanus Gill, 1864; Hippoglossus linnei Malm, 1877; Hippoglossus maximus Gottsche, 1965;

The halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus, an aw cried baldin) is a flatfish o the faimily Pleuronectidae.

References

↑ Sobel, J. (1996). "Hippoglossus hippoglossus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T10097A3162182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10097A3162182.en. Downloaded on 26 March 2018.
↑ Nicolas Bailly (2013). Bailly N (ed.). "Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 Julie 2013.