Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Quick facts about this elusive bottom dweller! The rock greenling (Hexagrammos lagocephalus). Rock greenling facts!

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References and Helpful Links
iucnredlist.org/species/158882544/158883843
https://fishbase.se/summary/Hexagrammos-lagocephalus
wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/hexagrammos-lagocephalus#desc-range
researchgate.net/publication/392326923_First_Record_of_the_Rock_Greenling_Hexagrammos_lagocephalus_Hexagrammidae_in_the_Northern_Sea_of_Okhotsk
eopugetsound.org/sites/default/files/features/resources/FishesoftheSalishSea_Pietsch_and_Orr.pdf
nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=33903
researchgate.net/profile/A-Orlov-2/publication/226794706_Distribution_and_some_features_of_biology_of_rock_greenling_Hexagrammos_lagocephalus_in_Pacific_waters_off_the_northern_Kuril_Islands_and_southeastern_Kamchatka/links/0c96052ea588d7d2fa000000/Distribution-and-some-features-of-biology-of-rock-greenling-Hexagrammos-lagocephalus-in-Pacific-waters-off-the-northern-Kuril-Islands-and-southeastern-Kamchatka.pdf
Beamish, Dick, and Marliave, Jeff. Fishes of the Strait of Georgia: More Than 240 Life Histories. Canada, Harbour Publishing Company Limited, 2025.
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Par David Csepp, NMFS/AKFSC/ABL. — NOAA Photo Library: fish4016, Domaine public, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17985959
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