Okhotsk atka mackerel | |
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P. azonus in a tank | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Hexagrammidae |
Genus: | Pleurogrammus |
Species: | P. azonus
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Binomial name | |
Pleurogrammus azonus D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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.