Taxonomy

Animalia

Chordata

Actinopterygii

Scorpaeniformes

Hexagrammidae

Ophiodon elongatus

Lingcod

Elongated Snake-tooth

The lingcod or ling cod (Ophiodon elongatus), also known as the buffalo cod or cultus cod, is a fish of the greenling family Hexagrammidae. 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 152 centimetres (60 in) and a weight of 59 kilograms (130 lb).

Ophiodon elongatus. Retrieved November, 05 2021, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingcod.