elongatus, Ophiodon Girard [C. F.] 1854:133 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1817] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 276 (2, now 1), others not found. See Mecklenburg & Eschmeyer 2003:5 [ref. 27292] for information on types. •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], Love et al. 2005:83 [ref. 37547], 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], Love et al. 2021:115 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Ophiodon elongatus Girard 1854. Hexagrammidae: Ophiodontinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: western Gulf of Alaska south to northern Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.