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Ophiodon ozymandias

Ophiodon ozymandias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Hexagrammidae
Genus: Ophiodon
Girard, 1854
Species: O. ozymandias
Binomial name
Ophiodon ozymandias
(Jordan, 1907)
Synonyms

Ozymandias gilberti Jordan 1907


Ozymandias gilberti Jordan 1907

Ophiodon ozymandias is an extinct species of lingcod from the Late Miocene of Southern California. Fossils suggest the living animal could have reached up to 6 feet in length.


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