Lingcod: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lingcod lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ophiodon elongatus
Group	Bony fish
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Scorpaeniformes
Family	Hexagrammidae

Where does the lingcod live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lingcod in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the lingcod?

The lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Scorpaeniformes and the family Hexagrammidae, genus Ophiodon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lingcod

The lingcod or ling cod (Ophiodon elongatus) is a fish of the greenling family Hexagrammidae. Despite its name, the lingcod is neither a cod nor a ling. It is also known as the buffalo cod, cultus cod, or Buckethead. 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 confirmed weight of 39 kilograms (86 lb), with unconfirmed reports of fish weighing more than 50 kilograms (110 lb).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lingcod (revision 1376790191), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q81964 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).