🐟Atlantic halibut
The Atlantic halibut is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. They are demersal fish living on or near sand, gravel or clay bottoms at depths of between 50 and 2,000 m. The halibut is among the largest teleost (bony) fish in the world, and is a threatened species owing to a slow rate of growth and overfishing. Halibut are strong swimmers and are able to migrate long distances. Halibut size is not age-specific, but rather tends to follow a cycle related to halibut abundance.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- 176 kg
- Body length
- 4.7 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 90 years
Everything we know about the Atlantic halibut
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass176 kgrecord 320 kg · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Body length4.7 mmaximum recordedFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female3 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan90 yearsrecord 50 years · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic level4FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l176 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Atlantic halibut yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderPleuronectiformes
- ›familyPleuronectidae
- ›genusHippoglossus
- ›speciesHippoglossus hippoglossus
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- suborderPleuronectoidei
- familyPleuronectidae
- genusHippoglossus
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- suborderPleuronectoidei
- familyPleuronectidae
- genusHippoglossus
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