''Hippoglossus'' is a

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of very large righteye flounders with one species native to the north

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

and one to the north

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

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: * ''

Hippoglossus hippoglossus The Atlantic halibut (''Hippoglossus hippoglossus'') is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. They are demersal fish living on or near sand, gravel or clay bottoms at depths of between . The halibut is among the largest teleost (bony) fish in ...

'' ( Linnaeus,

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) (Atlantic halibut) * ''

Hippoglossus stenolepis ''Hippoglossus'' is a genus of very large righteye flounders with one species native to the north Atlantic Ocean and one to the north Pacific Ocean. Etymology The word ''hippoglossus'' is derived from the Greek ἵππος (''hippos''), meaning ...

'' P. J. Schmidt, 1904 (Pacific halibut)

References

Pleuronectidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Pleuronectiformes-stub