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Greenland Halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 765, February 665, March 1,033, April 2,462, May 4,539, June 3,000, July 2,505, August 2,301, September 2,022, October 1,695, November 989, December 893.
Canada46,005
Quebec22,870
United States20,095
Alaska19,888
Newfoundland and Labrador13,287
Nova Scotia6,320
Nunavut3,154
New Brunswick275
Maine167
British Columbia83

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyRighteye Flounders · Pleuronectidae
GenusReinhardtius

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