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Hippoglossus hippoglossus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PLEURONECTIFORMES PLEURONECTIDAE

Scientific Name: Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Species Authority: (Linneaus, 1758)
Common Name/s:
English – Atlantic Halibut

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered A1d ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Sobel, J.
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Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Canada; Denmark; Faroe Islands; France; Germany; Greenland; Iceland; Netherlands; Norway; Russian Federation; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States (Alaska)
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – northwest
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Marine

Bibliography [top]

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.
Citation: Sobel, J. 1996. Hippoglossus hippoglossus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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