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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, Ainame in Japan, Skaagi in British Columbia, Cultus cod in Canada, Vihersimppu in Finland.
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It is found in Salt water.
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elongatus
AuthorWI
Girard [C. F.]
AuthorNI
Girard
Qualification
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Year
1854
Status
Valid
Class
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaeniformes
Family
Hexagrammidae
Subfamily
Ophiodontinae
Ophiodontinae
Genus
Ophiodon
Subgenus
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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
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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
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Journal
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
Citation
v. 7
Page
133
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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
Marine.
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.
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], Matarese et al. 1989:346 [ref. 26885], 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], Pietsch & Orr 2015:37 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:158 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:64 [ref. 37205]).
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muraenolepis
Ophiodon muraenolepis
(Günther [A.] 1880)
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