Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann 1983 A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p. (Ref. 2850)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2850&speccode=2592
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Distribution
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Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=155121
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Hart, J.L., 1973. Pacific Fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. Bull 180. 740 pages.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=147633
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Lamb, A. and P. Edgell 1986 Coastal fishes of the Pacific northwest. Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., B.C., Canada. 224 p. (Ref. 27436)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27436&speccode=2594
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National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Physical Description
Morphology
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Hart, J.L. 1973 Pacific fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 180:740 p. (Ref. 6885)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6885&speccode=2594
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Size
Max. size
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Shanks, A.L. and G.L. Eckert 2005 Population persistence of California Current fishes and benthic crustaceans: a marine drift paradox. Ecol. Monogr. 75:505-524. (Ref. 56049)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=56049&speccode=4150
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Clemens, W.A. and G.V. Wilby 1961 Fishes of the Pacific coast of Canada. 2nd ed. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada Bull. (68):443 p. (Ref. 4925)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4925&speccode=3813
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Diagnostic Description
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Hart, J.L. 1973 Pacific fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 180:740 p. (Ref. 6885)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6885&speccode=2594
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Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 4470
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Locality: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, Pacific
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann 1983 A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p. (Ref. 2850)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2850&speccode=2592
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Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1.6775 - 9
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1.6775 - 9
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Recorded at 49 meters.
Habitat: demersal. Found in rocky areas, intertidal to 49 m. Rarely caught on baited hook. Commonly encountered hovering motionless by divers.
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Migration
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Oxylebius pictus
There are 14 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Oxylebius pictus
Public Records: 14
Specimens with Barcodes: 16
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Wikipedia
Painted greenling
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.[1] 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.
References
- "Oxylebius pictus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=167116. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Oxylebius pictus" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
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