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Hexagrammidae
Hexagrammidae, the greenlings, is a Family (biology), family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Cottoidei in the Order (biology), order Perciformes. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Hexagrammidae was first proposed as a family in 1888 by the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this family as the only family in the Monotypic taxon, monotypic Superfamily (biology), superfamily Hexagrammoidea within the suborder Cottoidei of the diverse order Scorpaeniformes. Other workers have found that if the Scorpaeniformes, as delimited in ''Fishes of the World'', is not included in the Perciformes it renders the Perciformes paraphyletic. These workers retain the Cottoidei as a suborder within the Perciformes while reclassifying Hexagrammoidea as the infraorder Hexagrammales. The family Zaniolepididae has been included within the Hexagrammidae, as the subfamilies Zaniolepidinae and Oxylebi ...
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Pleurogrammus
''Pleurogrammus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Hexagrammidae, the greenlings, known as Atka mackerels. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Pleurogrammus'' was first proposed as a genus in 1861 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with ''Labrax monopterygius'', which had been Species description, described in 1810 by Peter Simon Pallas, as its type species. The genus was placed in the monogeneric subfamily Pleurogramminae within the family Hexagrammidae by E. P. Rutenberg in 1954. Etymology ''Pleurogrammus'' is a compound of ''pleuro'', which means "side", and ''grammus'', meaning "line", a reference to the five lateral line canals on each flank. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Pleurogrammus'' species have no incision in the dorsal fin, or, if present, the incision is not deep. The caudal fin is forked and there are 5 lateral lines on each flankl. The u ...
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Pleurogramminae
''Pleurogrammus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Hexagrammidae, the greenlings, known as Atka mackerels. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Pleurogrammus'' was first proposed as a genus in 1861 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with ''Labrax monopterygius'', which had been described in 1810 by Peter Simon Pallas, as its type species. The genus was placed in the monogeneric subfamily Pleurogramminae within the family Hexagrammidae by E. P. Rutenberg in 1954. Etymology ''Pleurogrammus'' is a compound of ''pleuro'', which means "side", and ''grammus'', meaning "line", a reference to the five lateral line canals on each flank. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: Characteristics ''Pleurogrammus'' species have no incision in the dorsal fin, or, if present, the incision is not deep. The caudal fin is forked and there are 5 lateral lines on each flankl. The upper surface of the skull is strongly ...
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Hexagrammos
''Hexagrammos'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Hexagrammidae, the greenlings. These fishes are found in the north Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Hexagrammos'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1810 by the German naturalist Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau, Tilesius when he Species description, described ''Hexagrammos asper'' giving its Type locality (biology), type locality as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. Tilesius's original name was subsequently incorrectly changed to ''H. stelleri'' and this was the name which became settled on in the literature that followed and this use and practice means it that it is impractical to bring ''H. asper'' into common use. The genus is the only genus in the monogeneric subfamily Hexagramminae, within the family Hexagrammidae, part of the suborder Cottoidei within the Order (biology), order Scorpaeniformes. The painted greenling (''Oxylebius pictus''), while pre ...
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Hexagramminae
''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. Taxonomy ''Hexagrammos'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1810 by the German naturalist Tilesius when he described ''Hexagrammos asper'' giving its type locality as Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. Tilesius's original name was subsequently incorrectly changed to ''H. stelleri'' and this was the name which became settled on in the literature that followed and this use and practice means it that it is impractical to bring ''H. asper'' into common use. The genus is the only genus in the monogeneric subfamily Hexagramminae, within the family Hexagrammidae, part of the suborder Cottoidei within the order Scorpaeniformes. The painted greenling (''Oxylebius pictus''), while previously placed in the family, is now in its own monotypic genus. Etymology ''Hexagrammos'' is a combination of ''hexa'', meaning "six", and ...
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Lingcod
The lingcod or ling cod (''Ophiodon elongatus'') is a fish of the greenling family Hexagrammidae. Despite its name, the lingcod is neither a cod nor a ling. It is also known as the buffalo cod, cultus cod, or Buckethead. It is the only extant member of the genus Ophiodon. A slightly larger, extinct species, '' Ophiodon ozymandias'', is known from fossils from the Late Miocene of Southern California. ''Ophiodon elongatus'' is native to the North American west coast from Shumagin Islands in the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California, Mexico. It has been observed up to a size of and a confirmed weight of , with unconfirmed reports of fish weighing more than . It is spotted in various shades of gray. The lingcod is a popular eating fish and is thus prized by anglers. Though not closely related to either ling or cod, the name "lingcod" originated because it somewhat resembles those fish. Around 20% of lingcods have blue green to turquoise flesh.p. 298 The color, which is no longer p ...
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Oxylebiinae
The painted greenling (''Oxylebius pictus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zaniolepididae, which includes this species and the combfishes. It is endemic to the northeast Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the genus ''Oxylebius''. Taxonomy The painted greenling was first formally described in 1862 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with the type locality given as San Francisco. Gill classified it in the monospecific genus ''Oxylebius'' and proposed the monotypic subfamily Oxylebinae which was placed in the family Hexagrammidae, although the subfamily was placed in the Zaniolepididae in the 6th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' and other authorities. Etymology The painted greenling's generic name ''Oxylebius'' prefixes ''oxy'' meaning "sharp", alluding to the sharper snout of this species in comparison to ''Zaniolepis'', to ''lebius'' which Gill did not explain. However Jordan and Evermann gave their view that ''lebius'' is a Synon ...
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Cottoidei
Cottoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes which, according to the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'', is placed within the order Scorpaeniformes, alongside the scorpionfishes, flatheads, eelpouts, sticklebacks and related fishes. Taxonomy Cottoidei was first proposed as a taxonomic grouping in 1835 by the Swiss-American zoologist Louis Agassiz. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the Cottoidei as a suborder of the order Scorpaeniformes. Other workers have found that if the Scorpaeniformes, as delimited in ''Fishes of the World'', is not included in the Perciformes it renders the Perciformes paraphyletic. These workers retain the Cottoidei as a suborder within the Perciformes but include the zoarcoids and Sticklebacks and allies as the infraorders Zoarcales and Gasterosteales while reclassifying most superfamilies of ''Fishes of the World'' as infraorders. Subdivisions The Cottoidei is divided into the following superfamilies and families: * Superfa ...
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Zaniolepididae
The Zaniolepididae is a Family (biology), family of marine ray-finned fishes classified within the suborder Cottoidei of the Order (biology), order Perciformes. They are found in the North Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Zaniolepididae'' was first proposed as a family in 1883 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert. this taxon has been classified as the subfamily Zaniolepinae within the Hexagrammidae. This family is classified within its own Superfamily (biology), superfamily, the Zaniolepidoidea, within the suborder Cottoidei of the Scorpaeniformes. Other workers have found that if the Scorpaeniformes, as delimited in ''Fishes of the World'', is not included in the Perciformes it renders the Perciformes paraphyletic. These workers retain the Cottoidei as a suborder within the Perciformes while reclassifying Zaniolepidoidea as the infraorder Zaniolepidoales. Subfamilies and genera Zaniolepididae has 2 genera classified within it, each within its own ...
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Zaniolepidinae
''Zaniolepis'', the combfishes, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, it is one of two genera in the family Zaniolepididae. These fishes are native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. ''Z. frenata'' that was a source of food to the Native American inhabitants of San Nicolas Island off the coast of southern California, United States during the Middle Holocene.Vellanoweth, R. L. & Erlandson, J. M. (1999)Middle Holocene Fishing and Maritime Adaptations at CA-SNI-161, San Nicolas Island, California.''Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 21(2): pp. 257-274'' Taxonomy ''Zaniolepis'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1858 by the French zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard when he described ''Z. longispinis'' from Fort Steilacoom on Puget Sound in Washington. This genus is one of two genera in the family Zaniolepidae, each of which is classified within a monotypic subfamily. The subfamily Zaniolepinae, along with the Oxylebiinae, haves been classified as two subfam ...
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Perciformes
Perciformes (), also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha. ''Perciformes'' means " perch-like". Among the well-known members of this group are perches and darters ( Percidae), and also sea basses and groupers (Serranidae). This order contains many familiar freshwater temperate and tropical marine fish groups, but also extremophiles that have successfully colonized both the North and South Poles, as well as the deepest depths of the ocean. Taxonomy Formerly, this group was thought to be even more diverse than it is thought to be now, containing about 41% of all bony fish (about 10,000 species) and about 160 families, which is the most of any order within the vertebrates. However, many of these other families have since been reclassified within their own orders within the clade Percomorpha, significantly reducing the size of the group. In contrast to this splitting, other groups formerly considered distinct, such as ...
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Ophiodon
''Ophiodon'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Hexagrammidae, 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) * '' Ophiodon ozymandias'' Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ..., 1907 References Hexagrammidae Ray-finned fish genera Fish genera with one living species {{Cottoidei-stub ...
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