Okhotsk atka mackerel

Okhotsk atka mackerel
P. azonus in a tank
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Hexagrammidae
Genus: Pleurogrammus
Species:
P. azonus
Binomial name
Pleurogrammus azonus
Synonyms[1]
  • Stellistius katsukii Jordan & Tanaka, 1927

The Okhotsk Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus azonus), also known as the Arabesque greenling, is a mackerel-like species in the family Hexagrammidae.[2] It is commonly known as hokke in Japan and imyeonsu in Korean. The primary population of the fish is found off the Sea of Okhotsk.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pleurogrammus azonus". FishBase. August 2022 version.
  2. ^ "Pleurogrammus azonus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2012.