Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 1–2200 m.
Scientific name: Reinhardtius hippoglossoides · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 110 cm
The Greenland halibut is a benthopelagic pleuronectid that is often caught pelagically, and it is epibenthic; adults prefer bottom temperatures of -0.5 to 6 degrees Celsius, and it is a batch spawner. It feeds on crustaceans, fishes, eelpouts, capelin, redfishes, deep-sea prawns and other bottom invertebrates. It is recorded from 1 to 2,200 m. Its range is circumglobal in arctic and temperate waters of the northern hemisphere, from the Sea of Japan off Honshu north to Shishmaref in the Chukchi Sea and throughout the Aleutian Islands, and south-east to northern Baja California, and in the North Atlantic from New Jersey to Spitsbergen. Maximum length is about 110 cm total length, commonly about 56 cm fork length, and it can live 36 years, maturing at about 63.5 cm. It is a highly commercial species and a gamefish, utilized dried or salted and frozen, with a medium price category. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 71 of 100 and resilience low, and climate vulnerability is moderate at 39 of 100. IUCN lists it as near threatened.
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