Painted greenling
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[Photo] Painted Greenlings (Oxylebius pictus). Picture taken in Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California by Magnus Kjaergaard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kjaergaard

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. 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.

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