Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Pleuronectoidei
Familia: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Hippoglossus
Species: H. hippoglossus - H. stenolepis
Name
Hippoglossus Cuvier, 1816: 221
Type species: Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758. Type by absolute tautonymy.
References
Cuvier G.L. 1816–1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Avec Figures, dessinées d'après nature. Tome II. Contenant Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Edition 1, Deterville, Paris. pp. i–xviii + 1–532. [Pls. 9–10, in v. 4] DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41460 BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 221]
Hippoglossus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
English: Halibut
日本語: オヒョウ
русский: Палтус
ไทย: ปลาแฮลิบัต
Hippoglossus is a genus of very large righteye flounders. It comprises two species of halibut, with one species native to the northern Atlantic Ocean and the other species native to the northern Pacific Ocean.[1]
Etymology
The word hippoglossus is derived from the Greek ἵππος (hippos), meaning "horse", and γλῶσσα (glōssa), meaning "tongue" - a reference to the shape of the fish.
Species
There are two species in this genus:[1]
Image Scientific name Distribution
Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Atlantic halibut) northern Atlantic, from Labrador and Greenland to Iceland, the Barents Sea and as far south as the Bay of Biscay and Virginia
Hippoglossus stenolepis P. J. Schmidt, 1904 (Pacific halibut) Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea, off the west coast of Canada, coastal Washington, Oregon, and California
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hippoglossus". FishBase. May 2017 version.
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