Atka mackerel
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Not to be confused with Okhotsk atka mackerel.
The Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) is a mackerel in the family Hexagrammidae. Atka mackerel are common in the northern Pacific Ocean, and are one of only two members of the genus Pleurogrammus - the other being the Arabesque greenling (Pleurogrammus azonus). The Atka mackerel was named for Atka Island (Atx̂ax̂[1] in Aleut), the largest island of the Andreanof islands, a branch of the Aleutians.
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Atka mackerel | |
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Atka mackerel caught near Homer, Alaska, USA | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Hexagrammidae |
Genus: | Pleurogrammus |
Species: | P. monopterygius |
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Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Pallas, 1810) | |
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