Halibut Halibut Halibut is a common name principally applied to the two flatfish in the genus "Hippoglossus" from the family of right-eye flounders. Less commonly, and in some regions only, other species of flatfish are also referred to as being halibuts. The word is derived from "haly" (holy) and "butte" (flat fish), for its popularity on Catholic holy days. Halibut are demersal fish and are highly regarded as a food fish. The Pacific halibut is the world's largest flatfish. The IGFA record was apparently broken off the waters of Norway in July 2013 by a 515-pound 8.6 foot fish. This was
Fourhorn poacher more commonly reach a TL of . The maximum recorded weight is , and the maximum recorded age is 7 years. The fourhorn poacher is preyed on by "Hippoglossus stenolepis". Its own diet consists of crustaceans including shrimp, crabs, isopods, amphipods, and ostracods, as well as bony fish, gastropods, and polychaetes. Fourhorn poacher The fourhorn poacher ("Hypsagonus quadricornis", also known as the four-horned sea-poacher) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers). It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1829, originally under the genus "Aspidophorus". It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean,