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Flatty

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792)

Status not recordedbony fish

The flatty (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) is a species in the family Pleuronectidae, order Pleuronectiformes.

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Quick facts about the flatty

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the flatty live?

Not recorded

Is the flatty endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the flatty classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPleuronectiformes
  5. familyPleuronectidae
  6. genusReinhardtius
  7. SpeciesReinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792)

Synonyms Hippoglossus groenlandicus, Hippoglossus groenlandiensis, Platysomatichthys hippoglossoides, Pleuronectes hippoglossoides, Pleuronectes pinguis, Reinhardtius groenlandicus, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides matsuurae, Reinhardtius matsuurae

Other names and names in other languages (49)
  • Black halibutEnglish
  • Blue halibutEnglish
  • Greeenland halibutEnglish
  • Green halibutEnglish
  • Greenland halibutEnglish
  • Greenland turbotEnglish
  • Lesser halibutEnglish
  • Mock halibutEnglish
  • Newfoundland turbotEnglish
  • TurbotEnglish
  • platýs černýCzech
  • lleden yr Ynys LasWelsh
  • Almindelig hellefiskDanish
  • schwarzer HeilbuttGerman
  • platija negraSpanish
  • grönlanninpallasFinnish
  • turbotFrench
  • GrálúðaIcelandic
  • Halibut della GroenlandiaItalian
  • 烏鰈Japanese
  • QaleralikKalaallisut
  • blåkveiteNorwegian Bokmål
  • kleine heilbotDutch
  • blåkveiteNorwegian Nynorsk
  • halibut czarnyPolish
  • alabote-da-GronelândiaPortuguese
  • чёрный палтусRussian
  • alitbálddisNorthern Sami
  • 馬舌鰈Chinese
  • Lledod yr Ynys LasWelsh
  • hipogloso negroSpanish
  • flétan bleuFrench
  • flétan du GroenlandFrench
  • flétan du GroënlandFrench
  • Fletan noirFrench
  • flétan noirFrench
  • petit flétanFrench
  • turbot de Terre-NeuveFrench
  • turbot du GroenlandFrench
  • カラスガレイJapanese
  • Karasu-gareiJapanese
  • kalleraglikKalaallisut
  • svartkveiteNorwegian Bokmål
  • Groenlandse heilbotDutch
  • zwarte heilbotDutch
  • Синекорый палтусRussian
  • Тихоокеанский (гренландский) черный (синекорый) палтусRussian
  • cáhpesbálddisNorthern Sami
  • 格林蘭比目魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flatty

Other species in the same family Pleuronectidae.

Dab

Limanda limanda

PleuronectidaeNo free photo yet

Lemon dab

Microstomus kitt

PleuronectidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the flatty?

The flatty (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) belongs to the family Pleuronectidae in the order Pleuronectiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Flatty (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flatty

MLA

“Flatty (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/flatty.

BibTeX
@misc{flatty_2026,
  title = {Flatty (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flatty},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}