1) "Halibut" -- As to halibut
hal·i·but
Pronunciation: 'ha-l&-b&t also 'hä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural halibut also halibuts
Etymology: Middle English halybutte, from haly, holy holy + butte flatfish, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German but; from its being eaten on holy days
: any of several marine flatfishes (especially Hippoglossus hippoglossus of the Atlantic and H. stenolepis of the Pacific) that are widely used for food and include some of the largest bony fishes
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Fiorello LaGuardia with a 300-pound halibut at the Fulton Fish Market.
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.

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3 Halibut fishery

4 Species commonly known as "halibut"

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The halibut is the largest of all flatfish; the Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, has been known to attain a weight of over 620 pounds (280 kg) and can be eight feet (2.6 m) or greater in length. A halibut this size was captured near Stamsund in Lofoten (Norway) on June 7, 2006. A very large halibut is known as a "barn door." All halibut are born male. After attaining a weight of about 100 pounds, the males turn female. Like the flounders, adult halibut typically have both eyes on the right side of the head. Halibut have speckled or brown top (right) sides and creamy white under (left) sides, and can be distinguished from other flatfish by the tail. Atlantic and Pacific halibut have distinctly different bone structures, with that of Atlantic halibut being easier to cut.

Halibut feed on almost any animal they can fit in their mouths. Animals found in their stomachs include sand lance, octopus, crab, salmon, hermit crabs, lamprey, sculpin, cod, pollock, herring and flounder. Halibut can be found at depths as shallow as a few meters to hundreds of meters deep, and although they spend most of their time near the bottom, halibut will move up in the water column to feed. In most ecosystems the halibut is near the top of the marine food chain. In the North Pacific the only common predators of halibut are the sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), the orca whale (Orcinus orca

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