Painted greenling

Painted greenling
Two painted greenlings (one dark and one pale) at Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Zaniolepididae
Subfamily: Oxylebiinae
Gill, 1862
Genus: Oxylebius
Gill, 1862
Species:
O. pictus
Binomial name
Oxylebius pictus
Gill, 1862

The painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zaniolepididae, which includes this species and the combfishes. It is endemic to the northeast Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the genus Oxylebius.

  1. ^ Orr, W. & Jensen, G.C. (2021). "Oxylebius pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T158882686A158883848. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T158882686A158883848.en. Retrieved 5 December 2022.