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Created 12/9/2012

Family Hexagrammidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Oxylebius pictus

UW Island, Anacapa, California, 25 feet

PAINTED GREENLING

Locally common on rocky reefs exposed to current.  Color varies from red to greenish brown.  Attains 10 inches.  Alaska to outer Central Baja California.