Pleurogrammus

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Pleurogrammus
Pleurogrammus azonus 2.jpg
Okhotsk atka mackerel
Pleurogrammus monopterygius.jpg
Atka mackerel
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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.

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Taxonomy

Pleurogrammus was first proposed as a genus in 1861 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with Labrax monopterygius, which had been described in 1810 by Peter Simon Pallas, as its type species. [2] [3] The genus was placed in the monogeneric subfamily Pleurogramminae within the family Hexagrammidae by E. P. Rutenberg in 1954. [1] [4]

Etymology

Pleurogrammus is a compound of pleuro, which means "side", and grammus, meaning "line", a reference to the five lateral line canals on each flank. [5]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: [6]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Pleurogrammus azonus 2.jpg Pleurogrammus azonus D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913Okhotsk atka mackerelSea of Okhotsk.
Atka mackerel.jpg Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Pallas, 1810)atka mackerelSea of Japan and the waters off Hokkaido, as well as the southern Kuril Islands, and from Stalemate and Bowers Bank in the Aleutian chain to Icy bay, Alaska

Characteristics

Pleurogrammus species have no incision in the dorsal fin, or, if present, the incision is not deep. The caudal fin is forked and there are 5 lateral lines on each flankl. The upper surface of the skull is strongly ridged. [7] There are between 21 and 24 spines and 24 and 30 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin typically has no spine and has between 23 and 32 soft rays. The head is partially covered in scales. [4] These are relatively large species with the largest being P. azonus which has a maximum published total length is 62 cm (24 in), although P. monopterygius is only slightly smaller. [6]

Distribution and habitat

Pleurogrammus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean around Japan and in the Sea of Okhotsk east to Alaska. [4] These are mainly pelagic fishes. [7]

Fisheries

Pleurogrammus are fished for and P. monopterygius is the target of a commercial fishery in Alaska which mainly uses bottom trawls. [8]

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References

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