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Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus
Lingcod is a large, aggressive Pacific rockfish relative found from Baja California to Alaska. Despite the name, it is not a cod; it is a toothy ambush predator that often hides around rocky structure and kelp.
Little Weed Whiting
Neoodax balteatus
Little Weed Whiting (Neoodax balteatus) is a small coastal wrasse-like fish found in seagrass and weed beds over sandy bottoms. It is a minor bycatch species rather than a primary angling target, and published life-history information is limited.
Longbarbel Goatfish
Parupeneus macronemus
Longbarbel Goatfish (Parupeneus macronemus) is a small reef-associated goatfish of the Indo-Pacific, known for its long chin barbels used to probe sand for prey. It is mostly a non-target catch for inshore anglers but can be taken on small natural baits.
Longfin Bannerfish
Heniochus acuminatus
Longfin Bannerfish is a reef-associated butterflyfish with a long white dorsal filament and bold black-and-white bands. It feeds mainly on small zooplankton and is widely seen around coral reefs and lagoons; it is more an aquarium/recreational observation species than a common angling target.
Longfin Batfish
Platax teira
Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) is a large, deep-bodied marine fish common on reefs, lagoons, and sheltered coastal waters across the Indo-Pacific. Juveniles often school in shallow protected areas, while adults are usually solitary or in small groups near reefs and wrecks.
Longfin Damselfish
Stegastes diencaeus
Longfin Damselfish is a small reef fish of the western Atlantic and Caribbean, best known for defending patch gardens of algae on shallow coral reefs. It’s territorial, strongly site-attached, and of little direct value to anglers except as an incidental reef catch.
Longfin Pike
Dinolestes lewini
Longfin Pike (Dinolestes lewini) is a slender predatory marine fish from temperate southern Australia and nearby waters. It is an ambush feeder with an elongated jaw and low, isolated dorsal fin spines.
Longfin Rockcod
Epinephelus quoyanus
Longfin Rockcod (*Epinephelus quoyanus*) is a reef-associated grouper found on tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific coasts. It uses coral, rocky reefs, and nearby soft-bottom edges, where it ambushes small fish and crustaceans.
Longhorn Cowfish
Lactoria cornuta
Longhorn Cowfish is a boxfish with a rigid, boxy body and very long forward-pointing horns. It lives in shallow tropical reefs, lagoons, and seagrass beds, and is far more notable as an aquarium species than a target fish.
Longnose Filefish
Oxymonacanthus longirostris
Longnose Filefish is a small coral-reef fish specialized on Acropora corals, with a very long tubular snout and cryptic green-and-blue camouflage. It is mostly of interest to aquarists; it is not a typical angling target and is rarely taken on hook and line.
Longsnout Boarfish
Pentaceropsis recurvirostris
Longsnout Boarfish (Pentaceropsis recurvirostris) is a deepwater boarfish with a very long, strongly upturned snout and a laterally compressed body. It is poorly documented and is generally encountered only as a bycatch species on continental slope bottoms.
Longsnout Seahorse
Hippocampus reidi
The Longsnout Seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) is a slender western Atlantic seahorse with a very long snout and prehensile tail. It lives among seagrass, macroalgae, mangroves, and floating debris, and is usually observed clinging rather than actively swimming.