Pleurogrammus

Pleurogrammus
Okhotsk atka mackerel
Atka mackerel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Hexagrammidae
Subfamily: Pleurogramminae
Rutenberg, 1954[1]
Genus: Pleurogrammus
T. N. Gill, 1861
Type species
Labrax monopterygius
Pallas, 1810[2]
Synonyms[2]

Pleurogrammus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Hexagrammidae, the greenlings, known as Atka mackerels. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pleurogramminae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 December 2022.