Halibut is a flatfish, genus Hippoglossus, from the family of the right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae). Other flatfish are also called halibut. The name is derived from haly (holy) and butt (flat fish), for its popularity on Catholic holy days.Halibut are demersal fish which live in the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans. They are highly regarded food fish.
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The huge fish has come to Tsukiji fish market today!
You can see the bottle of 500ml as small one in the picture.
You could find the size from comparing to it.
My height is about 6 feet, but that is bigger than me!!!
Tsukiji buyer bought it, price is 500yen per kilogram.
The weight is 154 kilograms, so the price is 77,000yen!!
In the past the fish had been sold as big flatfish in cheap Conveyor belt sushi shop, but currently that has changed. It is used as cheap white fish in lunch box.
On Tsukiji fish market we can see several kinds of fish not only general type of fish, Tsuna, Yellowtails and Sea bream but also unusual fish, like this!
It is one of the most attractive point of Tsukiji the wealth for the kinds of fish that other fish market doesn't have