Painted greenling
| Painted greenling | |
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| Two painted greenlings (one dark and one pale) at Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Hexagrammidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxylebiinae Gill, 1862 |
| Genus: | Oxylebius Gill, 1862 |
| Species: | O. pictus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxylebius pictus Gill, 1862
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The painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Hexagrammidae. It is endemic to the northeast Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the genus Oxylebius.