atka mackerel

Pleurogrammus monopterygius

Five broad dark bands on adult body

atka mackerel is a marine fish of North Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 56.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Hexagrammidae
Genus: Pleurogrammus
Maximum length: 56.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North Pacific: between the middle Kuril Islands and Gulf of Alaska; including off the coast of Eastern Sakhalin, in the north of the Sea of Okhotsk, waters of Hokkaido, southern Kuril Is., and to the north up to Anadyr Bay. In the Sea of Japan, found once in northern Primorye and caught south of Moneron I. and in the open part of Peter the Great Bay (Ref. 114081 ). Southward range up to Redondo Beach, California (Ref.

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