Painted greenling
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| Painted greenling | |
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| 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 |
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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". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=167116. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Oxylebius pictus" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
