Pacific halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904
Status not recordedbony fish
The Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) is a species in the family Pleuronectidae, order Pleuronectiformes.
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Quick facts about the Pacific halibut
- 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 Pacific halibut live?
Not recorded
Is the Pacific halibut 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 Pacific halibut classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderPleuronectiformes
- familyPleuronectidae
- genusHippoglossus
- SpeciesHippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904
Synonyms Hippoglossoides stenolepis, Hippoglossus hippoglossus camtchaticus
Other names and names in other languages (22)
- Chagix̂Aleut
- Sakit okean ağqabıq raltusuAzerbaijani
- platýs tichomořskýCzech
- StillehavshelleflynderDanish
- Pazifischer HeilbuttGerman
- alabato del PacíficoSpanish
- flétan du PacifiqueFrench
- JumHaida
- オヒョウJapanese
- Pacifische heilbotDutch
- halibut pacyficznyPolish
- LinguadoPortuguese
- Тихоокеанский белокорый палтусRussian
- StillahavshälleflundraSwedish
- Pasifik halibutuTurkish
- 狭鳞庸鲽Chinese
- Alabato del Pacífico NorteSpanish
- Fletán del Pacífico NorteSpanish
- OhyōJapanese
- Alabote-do-PacíficoPortuguese
- 太平洋比目魚Chinese
- 狹鱗庸鰈Chinese
Relatives of the Pacific halibut
Other species in the same genus Hippoglossus.
ComparePacific halibut vs Atlantic halibutPacific halibut vs Hippoglossus ponticusPacific halibut vs Hippoglossus septentrionalis
Common questions
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What kind of animal is the Pacific halibut?
The Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) belongs to the family Pleuronectidae in the order Pleuronectiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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