Hexagrammos

Hexagrammos is a genus of greenlings native to the north Pacific Ocean.

Hexagrammos
Kelp greenling (H. decagrammus)
Rock greenling (H. lagocephalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Hexagrammidae
Genus:
Hexagrammos

Tilesius, 1810

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Hexagrammos agrammus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
  • Hexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas, 1810) (kelp greenling)
  • Hexagrammos lagocephalus (Pallas, 1810) (rock greenling)
  • Hexagrammos octogrammus (Pallas, 1814) (masked greenling)
  • Hexagrammos otakii D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895
  • Hexagrammos stelleri Tilesius, 1810 (whitespotted greenling)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Hexagrammos in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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