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Taxon: Genus Hippoglossus Cuvier, 1816 - halibut (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  ([G.] Cuvier, 1817[1816])
Original name & spelling:  Cuvier, [G.] 1817[1816]. Règne Anim. [ed. 1] 2: ix, 221 ("Cuv."). (sub "genre" "Pleuronectes. L."). ≡
Subsequent rank: 
Subsequent publication:  Gottsche, [C.M.] 1835. Arch. Naturgesch. 1 (Band 2, Heft 2): 164 ("A. ... Mihi."); 134 ("5 Untergenera"), 135 (key), 163 ("II. ... Cuv."). (sub subgenus "II. Hippoglossus. Cuv." sub "Geschlechte" "Pleuronectes L."). ≡

Types

Type of: Hippoglossinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1864 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 446; 28 Feb 2024. [inferred]
Type: Hippoglossus hippoglossus (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Different spelling: Hypoglossus (Genus) Smith, 1833

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: halibut Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 687.
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