Summary ²

The lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, or ling 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.

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1. (c) Dan Hershman, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/75525471@N00/253773745
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiodon_elongatus

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