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A close up picture of a turbot
A picture of an adult halibut
(photo © Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium)
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Turbot can grow up to 100cm long and weigh up to 25kg. In the wild they can live up to 30 years. Turbot are a flatfish species with a pale white underside and a topside that is mottled grey/brown in colour. This colouration can vary according to their environment, depending on whether it is a stony or sandy bottom, so that in the wild they can camouflage themselves and pounce on their prey from a concealed position. The turbot is a very docile fish, and in the wild they are found in concentrated groups stacking one on top of the other.
Halibut tend to be a more aggressive flatfish and are larger having been caught at weights exceeding 250kgs. They are diamond shaped, compared to the round shape of turbot and dark brown/grey in colour, and live in deep waters sometimes up to 60m in depth and down to temperatures of 6șC. Mature females of both species are larger than their male counterparts.
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