Ophiodon
Appearance
Ophiodon | |
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Ophiodon elongatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Superfamily: | Hexagrammoidea |
Family: | Hexagrammidae |
Subfamily: | Ophiodontinae |
Genus: | Ophiodon Girard, 1854 |
Type species | |
Ophiodon elongatus Girard, 1854[1]
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Ophiodon is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Hexagrammidae, the greenlings. It is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Species
[edit]Ophiodon has one extant species[2] and one known extinct species:[3]
- Ophiodon elongatus Girard, 1854 (Lingcod)
- †Ophiodon ozymandias Jordan, 1907
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ophiodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophiodon". FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ^ Jordan, D. (1921). "The fish fauna of the California Tertiary". Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences. 1 (4): 234–299.