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View Mode View All Pictures Species Ophiodon elongatus Girard    Ophiodon elongatus was originally described as Ophiodon elongatus by Girard in 1854. It belongs to the family Hexagrammidae and subfamily Ophiodontinae. It is commonly known as Lingcod but has many other common names such as lingcod in USA (contiguous states), Ainame in Japan, Skaagi in British Columbia, Cultus cod in Canada, Vihersimppu in Finland. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Eastern North Pacific: western Gulf of Alaska to northern Baja California.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   elongatus AuthorWI   Girard [C. F.] AuthorNI   Girard Qualification   --- Year   1854 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Scorpaeniformes Scorpaeniformes Family   Hexagrammidae Subfamily   Ophiodontinae Ophiodontinae Genus   Ophiodon Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Scorpaeniformes Family   Hexagrammidae Subfamily   Ophiodontinae Genus   Ophiodon Original Name   Ophiodon         Taxon Name   elongatus Original Combination   Ophiodon elongatus Original Genus   Ophiodon Original Genus Species   Ophiodon elongatus OriginalSubGenus   Ophiodon Original Author   Girard Original AuthorWI   Girard [C. F.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1854 Original Family   Hexagrammidae Original SubFamily   Ophiodontinae Original Level   species Type Locality   San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Types   Syntypes: USNM 276 (2, now 1), others not found. Primary Code   --- Journal   Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Citation   v. 7 Page   133 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Ophiodon elongatus Current Species   elongatus Current Genus Ophiodon Current AuthorWI Girard [C. F.] Current AuthorNI   Girard Current Year   1854 Current Family Hexagrammidae Current Subfamily Ophiodontinae Ophiodontinae Habitat demersal         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Adults are found near rocks, inshore and to 427 m. Young occur on sand or mud bottom of bays and inshore areas. Both migratory and non-migratory populations exist (Ref. 6885). Adults feed mostly on other fishes but also take crustaceans, octopi and squid (Ref. 4925). Young feed on copepods and other small crustaceans (Ref. 6885). Males reach maturity at 46-51 cm and females at 70-76 cm (Ref. 6885). Spawns in shallow water. Small females produce between 60,000-150,000 eggs while large females (102 cm) produce as much as 500,000 eggs (Ref. 6885). A very important sport and commercial species (Ref. 2850). the liver is rich in vitamin 'A' (Ref. 6885). Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988). Depth Range From 0 to 475 meters.     Distribution Eastern North Pacific: western Gulf of Alaska to northern Baja California. Current Summary   Valid as Ophiodon elongatus  Girard 1854. Hexagrammidae: Ophiodontinae.   Name History   • Valid as Ophiodon elongatus  Girard 1854 -- (Rutenberg 1962:74 [ref. 24028], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:156 [ref. 9277], Kendall & Vinter 1984:8 [ref. 26201], McAllister 1990:192 [ref. 14674], Shinohara 1994:79 [ref. 21519], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:307 [ref. 24545], Musick et al. 2000:15 [ref. 24959], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:390 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg & Eschmeyer 2003:5 [ref. 27292], Nelson et al. 2004:118 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:121 [ref. 32708]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (1 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   muraenolepis Ophiodon muraenolepis (Günther [A.] 1880) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (1 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…