Ophiodon
Genus of greenling
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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.
| Ophiodon | |
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| Ophiodon elongatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Superfamily: | Hexagrammoidea |
| Family: | Hexagrammidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophiodontinae |
| Genus: | Ophiodon Girard, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Ophiodon elongatus Girard, 1854[1] | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Species
Ophiodon has one extant species[2] and one known extinct species:[3]
- Ophiodon elongatus Girard, 1854 (Lingcod)
- †Ophiodon ozymandias Jordan, 1907
