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Pacific halibut have diamond-shaped bodies. They are more elongated than most flatfishes, their width being about one-third of their length. They have a high arch in the lateral line over the pectoral fin, and a lunate, or crescent-shaped tail, which is different from other flatfishes. [3] Small scales are embedded in the skin.
The Pacific halibut went down a ZZ/ZW route, with the female being heterogametic, around 4.5 million years ago. [13] [14] The master sex-determining gene of the Pacific halibut is located on chromosome 9 and it is likely to be bmpr1ba. [15] The gene sox2 is likely to play the same role in the Greenland halibut.
Species diversity is centered in the Indo-West Pacific and declines following both latitudinal and longitudinal gradients away from the Indo-West Pacific. [14] Most species are found in depths between 0 and 500 m (1,600 ft), but a few have been recorded from depths in excess of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
Halibut (Pacific) Hogfish (Hog Snapper, from the Gulf of Mexico) Herring. Lionfish. Mahi (caught by and or with a fishing pole) Perch (various types) Any farmed shellfish. Red Drum (a.k.a. Redfish)
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A fish that closely resembles the California halibut is the Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), which is a larger species found in the northern Pacific Ocean. While the Pacific halibut has a similar flat body shape, it is generally larger and can reach 300 pounds (140 kg), and can be distinguished by its slightly different coloration and ...
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)
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