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A halibut is a type of flatfish from the family of the righteye flounders (Pleuronectidae). This name is derived from Dutch heilbot. Halibut live in both the North Pacific and the North Atlantic Oceans, and are highly regarded food fish.
It belongs to the righteye flounder family, Pleuronectidae. Similar is the summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), of the lefteye flounder family, Bothidae, called fluke by fishermen, common from Maine to the Carolinas.
PLEURONECTIFORMES
Includes spiny turbots, scophthalmids, lefteye flounders, southern flounders, righteye flounders, soles, tonguefishes ...
 See also: Flounder, Salmon, Sculpin, Turbot, Whale
  
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