WoRMS taxon details
Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
127138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127138)
accepted
Species
Hippoglossus americanus Gill, 1864 · unaccepted
Hippoglossus gigas Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
Hippoglossus linnei Malm, 1877 · unaccepted
Hippoglossus maximus Gottsche, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Hippoglossus hippoglossus camtchaticus Rendahl, 1931 accepted as Hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution Southwest Labrador and Greenland to Virginia
Distribution Southwest Labrador and Greenland to Virginia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127138 on 2024-04-23
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original description
(of Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 199 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hendry, C.I. (2000). Gonadal sex differentiation and hormonal sex reversal of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus, L.). <em>M.Sc. thesis. University of New Brunswick.</em> 1-83. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 269 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
[request] original description (of Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 199 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hendry, C.I. (2000). Gonadal sex differentiation and hormonal sex reversal of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus, L.). <em>M.Sc. thesis. University of New Brunswick.</em> 1-83. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 269 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Aquaculture [details]
From other sources
Diet Feeds on cephalopods, crustaceans, and fishes including cod, haddock, pogge, land eels, herring and capelin [details]Distribution Southwest Labrador and Greenland to Virginia [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 50- 2000 m. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, experimental aquaculture, gamefish [details]
Predators Piked dogfish [details]
Reproduction Spawns from December until April, external fertilization, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers, eggs are pelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Breton | fletan | [details] |
| Danish | helleflynder | [details] |
| Dutch | heilbotAtlantische heilbot | [details] |
| English | halibutAtlantic halibut | [details] |
| French | helbotflétan de l'Atlantiqueflétan atlantiqueflétan | [details] |
| German | HeilbuttAtlantischer Heilbutt | [details] |
| Icelandic | lüðaheilagfiskiflyðra | [details] |
| Lithuanian | atlantinis paltusas | [details] |
| Norwegian | kveite | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | kveite | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kveite | [details] |
| Polish | kulbakhalibut białyhalibut atlantyckihalibut | [details] |
| Russian | атлантический белокорый палтусpaltus | [details] |
| Spanish | pez mantequillahalibutfletán | [details] |
| Swedish | hälleflundra | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Палтус атлантичний | [details] |
| Welsh | lleden Ffrengig | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus gigas Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus americanus Gill, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (403 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus maximus Gottsche, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus americanus Gill, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus gigas Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus maximus Gottsche, 1835)
To FishBase images (Hippoglossus hippoglossus, by Dolgov, A.)
To GenBank (76110 nucleotides; 47321 proteins)
To GenBank (76110 nucleotides; 47321 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NHMUK collection (Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2584687) (from synonym Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippoglossus hippoglossus P12887 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus gigas Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus americanus Gill, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (403 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Hippoglossus maximus Gottsche, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus americanus Gill, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus gigas Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippoglossus maximus Gottsche, 1835)
To FishBase images (Hippoglossus hippoglossus, by Dolgov, A.)
To GenBank (76110 nucleotides; 47321 proteins)
To GenBank (76110 nucleotides; 47321 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NHMUK collection (Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2584687) (from synonym Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippoglossus hippoglossus P12887 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
