Ophiodon
| Ophiodon | |
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| Ophiodon elongatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Superfamily: | Hexagrammoidea |
| Family: | Hexagrammidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophiodontinae |
| Genus: | 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
Ophiodon has one extant species[2] and one known extinct species:[3]
- Ophiodon elongatus Girard, 1854 (Lingcod)
- †Ophiodon ozymandias Jordan, 1907
References
- ^ 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.