rock greenling
Hexagrammos lagocephalus (Pallas, 1810)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Rock greenling (Hexagrammous lagocephalus). Alaska, Kodiak. 2005.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The rock greenling (Hexagrammos lagocephalus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Hexagrammidae, the greenlings. It is sometimes known as fringed greenling and erroneously as the red rock trout.
Wikipedia contributors, Rock greenling; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:17:00.690148+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hexagrammos lagocephalus (Pallas, 1810)
- Name authority
- (Pallas, 1810)
- Common name
- rock greenling
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Hexagrammidae
- Genus
- Hexagrammos
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderCottoidei
- familyHexagrammidae Jordan, 1888
- subfamilyHexagramminae Jordan, 1888
- genusHexagrammos Tilesius, 1810
- speciesHexagrammos lagocephalus (Pallas, 1810)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hexagrammos. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| kelp greenlingHexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas, 1810) | HexagrammidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| masked greenlingHexagrammos octogrammus (Pallas, 1814) | HexagrammidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fat greenlingHexagrammos otakii Jordan & Starks, 1895 | HexagrammidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hexagrammos agrammus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) | HexagrammidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whitespotted greenlingHexagrammos stelleri Tilesius, 1810 | HexagrammidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lebius superciliosus (Pallas, 1810) (Pallas, 1810) | synonym |
| Hexagrammos superciliosus (Pallas, 1810) (Pallas, 1810) | synonym |
| Hexagrammus scaber Bean, 1881 Bean, 1881 | synonym |
| Labrax lagocephalus Pallas, 1810 Pallas, 1810 | synonym |
| Labrax superciliosus Pallas, 1810 Pallas, 1810 | synonym |
| Chirus pictus Girard, 1854 Girard, 1854 | synonym |
| Chirus balias Cope, 1873 Cope, 1873 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240735 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6LTFR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.