Halibut is the common name for three species of flatfish in the right-eye flounder family, bottom-dwelling fish found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans; the name comes from haly, meaning holy, and butte, meaning flatfish, for its popularity on Catholic holy days. The Pacific and Atlantic species are the world's largest flatfish, with debate over which grows larger, and they display countershading, dark brown above and white below, that camouflages them from both directions. Halibut is highly regarded as both a food fish and a sport fish; the North Pacific commercial fishery dates to the late nineteenth century and remains one of the region's largest and most lucrative, and the fish has long been central to Alaska Native and First Nations subsistence economies.
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1. Halibut (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halibut (allergen)Quote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halibut (allergen)
In some regions, and less commonly, other species of large flatfish are also referred to as halibut.
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