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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127138

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPleuronectiformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPleuronectidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPleuronectinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus hippoglossus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus Cuvier, 1816
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus americanus Gill, 1864
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus gigas Swainson, 1839
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus linnei Malm, 1877
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus maximus Gottsche, 1835 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Breton Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorfletan  [details]
Danish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhelleflynder  [details]
Dutch Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorheilbotUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAtlantische heilbot  [details]
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhalibutUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAtlantic halibut  [details]
French Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhelbotUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorflétan de l'AtlantiqueTrusted: edited by a thematic editorflétan atlantiqueUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorflétan  [details]
German Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHeilbuttUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAtlantischer Heilbutt  [details]
Icelandic Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlüðaUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorheilagfiskiUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorflyðra  [details]
Lithuanian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editoratlantinis paltusas  [details]
Norwegian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkveite  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkveite  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkveite  [details]
Polish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkulbakUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhalibut białyUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhalibut atlantyckiUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhalibut  [details]
Russian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorатлантический белокорый палтусUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpaltus  [details]
Spanish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpez mantequillaUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhalibutUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorfletán  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhälleflundra  [details]
Ukrainian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorПалтус атлантичний  [details]
Welsh Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlleden Ffrengig  [details]
Direct child
taxa (1)
[show all]		 
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus hippoglossus camtchaticus Rendahl, 1931 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From regional or thematic species database
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorGulf of St. Lawrence [details]
From other sources
France
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWimereux [details]
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPortuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spain
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Sweden
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSwedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBritish Isles [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBrachiella rostrata Krøyer, 1837 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus hippoglossi Krøyer, 1837 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClavella hippoglossi Cuvier, 1830 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCucullanus cirratus Müller, 1777 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEntobdella vanbenedeni Kearn, Whittington & Evans-Gowing, 2007 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHatschekia hippoglossi (Cuvier, 1830) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorParabrachiella rostrata (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPseudoterranova bulbosa (Cobb, 1888) Mattiucci, Paggi, Nascetti, Ishikura, Kikuchi, Sato, Cianchi & Bullini, 1998 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSphaeromyxa minuta Polyanskii, 1955 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMarine Life Information Network - UK 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (31 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Dyntaxa 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (23828 nucleotides; 253 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDiet Feeds on cephalopods, crustaceans, and fishes including cod, haddock, pogge, land eels, herring and capelin [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Southwest Labrador and Greenland to Virginia [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat benthic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Found at depths of 50- 2000 m. [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorImportance Social- Commercial, experimental aquaculture, gamefish [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPredators Piked dogfish [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReproduction Spawns from December until April, external fertilization, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers, eggs are pelagic [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127138
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Hippoglossus hippoglossus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127138 on 2017-10-17
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