Common name of Hippoglossus stenolepis
 
Common name Xaagu
Language Haida
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality Queen Charlotte Islands.
Ref. Jones, R. and B. Lefeaux-Valentine (eds.), 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Previously plentiful year round, but more accessible in spring and summer months; hence the Haida proverb 'When the salmonberrie are ripe, the halibut are in the kelp'.
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