pictus, Oxylebius Gill [T. N.] 1862:278 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1666] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 4470. Status from Girard 1854, holotype definitely unique (CWM, June 2003). •Valid as Oxylebius pictus Gill 1862 -- (Rutenberg 1962:78 [ref. 24028], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:157 [ref. 9277], Kendall & Vinter 1984:3 [ref. 26201], Matarese et al. 1989:342 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:192 [ref. 14674], Shinohara 1994:79 [ref. 21519], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:389 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg & Eschmeyer 2003:6 [ref. 27292], Nelson et al. 2004:118 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:83 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:121 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:37 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:160 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:64 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:114 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Oxylebius pictus Gill 1862. Hexagrammidae: Oxylebiinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: northern Gulf of Alaska south to northern Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.