Atlantic halibut large flatfishes, including Pacific halibut, "Hippoglossus stenolepis". Due to its popularity as a food fish, Atlantic halibut has attracted investment in fish farming. As of 2006, five countries - Canada, Norway, the UK, Iceland and Chile - were engaged in some form of Atlantic halibut aquaculture production. In 1996, the IUCN rated it as Endangered and placed it on its Red List. The Atlantic halibut is a US National Marine Fisheries Service Species of Concern, one of those species about which the U.S. Government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient
Ide (fish) German "orf", through the Latin "orphus" meaning a "sea fish" or "sea perch" which in turn derives from the Greek "orphōs". The generic name "Leuciscus" is derived from the Greek word "leykiskos" which means "white mullet". There are two recognised subspecies of the ide: The ide is a rather plump, sturdily built fish with a deep body, although not especially so. The peduncle of the caudal fin is thick. When they are small ide have dark backs and silvery sides but older fish develop a golden sheen along the flanks. At all ages the eye is yellow and the pectoral