SIZE:
An average of 1 m for 50 kg to 100 kg, up to 3.65 m for 320 kg.
LIFE EXPECTANCY:
Up to 50 years.
LIFE CYCLE:
It reaches sexual maturity at approximately 5 years for males, and 9 years for females.
Scientists believe that females spawn between February and May. Millions of eggs are laid and subsequently fertilized.
After 30 to 40 days of life, the Halibut’s left eye migrates to the right side and its body turns. It then becomes a flatfish. It, therefore, does not have that “little crooked look” it has had since its birth.