Scientific name Oxylebius pictus Higher classification Oxylebius | Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Genus OxylebiusT. N. Gill, 1862 Similar Kelp greenling, Blackeye goby, Copper rockfish, Hexagrammos lagocephalus, Hexagrammos | ||
Painted greenling courtship dance
The painted greenling, Oxylebius pictus, is a marine fish native to the northeast Pacific Ocean. Its range is from Kodiak Island, Alaska to central Baja California. It can reach a total size of 25 cm (10 in) and has seven vertical dark bands. It inhabits rocky areas shallower than 50 m (160 ft). Specimens (mainly juveniles) sometimes gain protection from larger predators by living among the tentacles of Cribrinopsis albopunctata or Urticina piscivora sea anemones, which are venomous to other animals but do not harm the painted greenling.
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The painted greenling feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, small molluscs and bryozoans.
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