halibut: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Hippoglossus

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Pacific halibut

Illustration of a halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), a large flatfish with both eyes on one side of its brown, oval-shaped body and a broad tail fin.

Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) lying flat and camouflaged against the ocean floor among patches of seaweed and sand.

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