''Ophiodon'' is a genus of marine

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es belonging to the

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, the greenlings. It is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

''Ophiodon'' has one extant species and one known extinct species: * '' Ophiodon elongatus'' Girard, 1854 (Lingcod) * ''

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, 1907

References

Hexagrammidae Ray-finned fish genera {{Scorpaeniformes-stub