Painted greenling

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iPainted greenling
Taken in Scripps Canyon, La Jolla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Hexagrammidae Genus: Oxylebius Species: O. pictus
Binomial name
Oxylebius pictus Gill, 1862

The painted greenling, Oxylebius pictus, is a marine fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its range is from Kodiak Island, Alaska to central Baja California^[1]. It can reach a total size of 25 cm and has seven vertical dark bands. It inhabits rocky areas usually shallower than 50 m. It feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, small molluscs and bryozoans.

[edit] References

• Oxylebius pictus (TSN 167116). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.

1. ^ "Oxylebius pictus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.