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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae Righteye flounders
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Hippoglossus

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2 species (see list below)

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Photo by Dolgov, A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 470 cm TL
Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Dolgov, A.
 
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
[Atlantic halibut]

Photo by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

North Pacific
Max. Length 267 cm TL
Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904

Photo by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.
 
Hippoglossus stenolepis
[Pacific halibut]
2 Species of Family Pleuronectidae with Genus Hippoglossus
(Righteye flounders)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1758 Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut Eastern Atlantic 470 TL
1904 Hippoglossus stenolepis Pacific halibut North Pacific 267 TL



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