Hexagrammos

Hexagrammos
Kelp greenling (H. decagrammus)
Rock greenling (H. lagocephalus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Hexagrammidae
Subfamily: Hexagramminae
Jordan, 1888[1]
Genus: Hexagrammos
Tilesius, 1810
Type species
Hexagrammos stelleri
Tilesius, 1810[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Acantholebius Gill, 1861
  • Agrammus Günther, 1860
  • Chiropsis Girard, 1858
  • Chirus Pallas, 1814
  • Decagrammus Hubbs, 1928
  • Grammatopleurus Gill, 1861
  • Hexagrammoides Gratzianov, 1907
  • Labrax Pallas, 1810
  • Lebius Pallas, 1814
  • Octogrammus Bleeker, 1874

Hexagrammos is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Hexagrammidae, the greenlings. 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.
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