Atka mackerel
| Atka mackerel | |
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| Atka mackerel caught near Homer, Alaska, USA | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Hexagrammidae |
| Genus: | Pleurogrammus |
| Species: | P. monopterygius
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Pallas, 1810)
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The Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) is a
Taxonomy
The Atka mackerel was originally described under the genus Labrax, but has since been moved to Pleurogrammus. Both names are attributed to Peter Simon Pallas, who published his description of the fish in 1810, roughly a year before his death.[2]
Atka mackerel were once considered to be synonymous with Arabesque greenlings.
Description
Able to live up to 14 years,
Distribution and habitat
Found exclusively in the northern Pacific, Atka mackerel are known from the
Atka mackerel can generally be found from the intertidal zone to depths up to 575 metres (1,886 ft).[10]
Migration and breeding
They migrate from shelves to coastal waters to spawn which occurs (in the Aleutians) from July to September. Their
Ecology
The fish feed on
Fisheries
Atka mackerel are used as food in the Aleutian chain, and can be
The fish were in schools and it was easy to get great numbers; in fact, one would be kept very busy hauling in the fish and taking them off the hook... When first hooked they would come up very readily, in fact they seemed to swim upward until near the surface when they would become alarmed and dart back and forth in their efforts to free themselves. The sport was very exciting. During 4 hours fishing 9 persons with 26 lines took 585 fish... And as our ship was out of fresh meat of every kind, all these fish were soon eaten by the officers and crew.[13]
References
- ^ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
- ^ *Mearns, Barbara and Richard - Biographies for Birdwatchers
- ^ Nelson, J.S., 1994. Fishes of the World. Wiley, New York.
- ^ Crow, Karen D., Ziyusei Kanamoto, and Giacomo Bernardi. "Molecular phylogeny of the hexagrammid fishes using a multi-locus approach Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32 (2004) 986–997
- ^ a b Fadeev, N.S. 2005 Guide to biology and fisheries of fishes of the North Pacific Ocean. Vladivostok, TINRO-Center. 366 p.
- ^ Zolotov, O.G. 2003 Atka mackerel. P. 44-46 in Condition of biological resources of the North-West Pacific. Siniakov, S.A., N.I. Naumenko, Yu.P. Diakov, O.G. Zolotov, and B.B. Vronsky (Eds.). Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, KamchatNIRO.
- ^ Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino 1984 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text)
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Pleurogrammus monopterygius" in FishBase. 09 2009 version.
- ^ Solomatov, S.F., D.V. Antonenko, A.A. Balanov and P.V. Kalchugin, 2009. New data on the occurrence of Atka Mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Hexagrammidae) in the Sea of Japan. Journal of Ichthyology 49(1):66-72.
- ^ Allen, M.J. and G.B. Smith 1988 Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and northeastern Pacific. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 66, 151 p.
- ^ Armstrong, R.H., 1996. Alaska's fish. A guide to selected species. Alaska Northwest Books. 94 p.
- ^ "Atka Mackerel Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game". www.adfg.alaska.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ^ Jordan, David. Barton Evermann. American Food and Game Fishes. New York. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1923. pg. 500