Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius)

Scientific name: Pleurogrammus monopterygius Pallas, 1810

Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius)

The Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) is a marine fish of the family Hexagrammidae.

Biology

Ranges from the lower intertidal zone to 575 m depth.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pleurogrammus monopterygius
Family
Hexagrammidae (Greenlings)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
56.5
Depth range
0–575 m (0–1886 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 575 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northeast Pacific: Yellow Sea Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea and from Stalemate Bank and Bowers Bank in the Aleutian Chain to Icy Bay, Alaska, and rarely to Redondo Beach, California, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.28; tm=3.6)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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