Talk:Halibut/Archive 1

Foreign script
Why is there a word or phrase in non-Roman script, possibly Thai or something, unlinked, after the name of the salmon shark? The word/phrase or script do not appear in the salmon shark article. Liam Proven (talk) 13:42, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Recipes
Anyone have a good recipe for Halibut? How do we link this page to Wikibooks, Wikihow, or Wikirecipes? --In Defense of the Artist (talk) 21:38, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Do you know anything?
au sujet d'halibut pellets? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.112.56.122 (talk • contribs) 06:58, 27 January 2006  (UTC-7)

"adult halibut typically have both eyes on the right side of the head"
What about young ones? Do they undergo a transformation at some point?

Jerome Potts 03:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, halibut have a protracted developmental phase that lasts many weeks. The eggs develop in the water column and slowly develop into what you would recognise as a fish larvae. During this period they develop from a large egg into what looks like other fish larva before they metamorphose into a flatfish larvae. The larvae have very large eyes and a comparatively large yolk sac. As the yolk sac is absorbed there is an increasing need for the larvae to start first feeding on zooplankton. This is an extrememly critical period for the fish and must initiated feeding to secure proper development. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.0.185 (talk) 15:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Gender change
Can we get a citation for this? http://www.pcouncil.org/halibut/halback.html implies that the gender does not change at any time. --Sean

Vandalism
I'm impressed how much vandalism this page seems to accumulate. Do people come from the fish market and say, "Gee, I really ought to derail this wikipedia project as much as possible, but where to start?" Someone might want to look into a means of tapering all the misinformation that seems drawn to this page. Doctor yellow 09:38, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

photoshop
...is photoshop, dude was totally photoshooped into this pic. -- Alex Ov  Shaolin  05:18, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Images
This article needs more images, at least one of the skeleton of the Halibut and also some images of the various developmental stages of the Halibut. Shinobu (talk) 08:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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image
I found this at User:NancyHeise page and she agreed to post it here. guess it is cool. Docku Hi 02:30, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Halibut vs. Flounder
From the first paragraph: "Halibut is a flatfish of the genus  Hippoglossus from the family of the right-eye flounders"

From the second paragraph: "After about 6 months one eye migrates to the other side, making them look more like flounder"

The second statement only makes sense if halibut are not flounder. Otherwise it simply states that flounder look like flounder.

So, are halibuts members of the flounder family, or do they just look like flounder? Pburka (talk) 20:21, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Top image
The image at the top of the page looks like a fiberglass replica. I can't imagine anyone bothering to mount such a small halibut, and it looks very shiny and reflective, although that could be the result of being sealed or something. When filleting a halibut the cheek meat is usually removed, and it's nearly impossible to remove the main filets without removing the skin. I'm pretty sure this is a fake, although it does show more or less what a halibut looks like, I'll see if I can't find or make a better image I guess. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * User:NancyHeise, uploader of this image File:Alaska 2007 071.jpg may have one. or, the image itself can be cropped. -- Car Tick  13:54, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Pacific Halibut.JPG think this might be a better idea. It shows both the white and brown sides of real halibut. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:42, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Since no one has raised any objections I have changed the image. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:10, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * good one. never seen a real halibut. -- Car Tick  23:39, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Halibut fishing in Greenland


Hi, I do not know much about halibut and halibut fishing, but I did notice it was a major factor in the economy in North-West Greenland, when I stayed there for some months back in 2007. I just found an image in my repository of a long-line fisher unloading his catch in a small Greenlandic settlement. I do not know if its inclusion could be relevant in this article, but here it is. --Slaunger (talk) 07:40, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what use we could make of this. It shows a man unloading some fish. It doesn't show the fishing gear and while I'm sure these really are halibut you can't actually tell that from looking at this photo. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:09, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

"They are highly regarded food fish"
Could someone explain what this means? 82.40.99.199 (talk) 05:11, 25 July 2012 (UTC)