Biology:Ophiodon

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Short description: Genus of greenling

Ophiodon
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Ophiodon elongatus
Scientific classification e
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]
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Oplopoma Girard, 1856[1]

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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Ophiodon". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Ophiodon. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Ophiodon in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  3. Jordan, D. (1921). "The fish fauna of the California Tertiary". Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences 1 (4): 234–299. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100587131. 

Wikidata ☰ Q19917281 entry