Hexagrammidae

Hexagrammidae
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Holocene
Whitespotted greenling Hexagrammos stelleri
Lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Superfamily: Hexagrammoidea
Shinohara, 1994[2]
Family: Hexagrammidae
Jordan, 1888[1]
Type species
Hexagrammus stelleri
Genera

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Okhotsk atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus azonus)

Hexagrammidae, the greenlings, is a family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Cottoidei in the order Scorpaeniformes. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ Catherine W. Mecklenburg & William N. Eschmeyer (2003). "Family Hexagrammidae Gill 1889 Greenlings" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 2.
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