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
Ophiodon elongatus
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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

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Synonyms
  • Oplopoma Girard, 1856[1]

Species

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Ophiodon has one extant species[2] and one known extinct species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophiodon". FishBase. August 2022 version.
  3. ^ Jordan, D. (1921). "The fish fauna of the California Tertiary". Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences. 1 (4): 234–299.