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Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Pallas, 1810)

Atka mackerel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Pleurogramminae
Etymology: Pleurogrammus: Greek, pleura = side, ribe + Greek, gramma = letter, signal (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 720 m (Ref. 114138). Boreal; 64°N - 34°N, 130°E - 118°W

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North Pacific: between the middle Kuril Islands and Gulf of Alaska; including off the coast of Eastern Sakhalin, in the north of the Sea of Okhotsk, waters of Hokkaido, southern Kuril Is., and to the north up to Anadyr Bay. In the Sea of Japan, found once in northern Primorye and caught south of Moneron I. and in the open part of Peter the Great Bay (Ref. 114081). Southward range up to Redondo Beach, California (Ref.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 32.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); 35.0 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 2.0 kg (Ref. 56344); max. reported age: 15 years (Ref. 55701)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 29; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 24 - 26; Vertebrae: 59 - 60. Adults with 5 broad blackish bands on body (Ref. 559).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species is found at the demersal zone and near surface over reefs and hard bottoms from intertidal zone to about 2.360 ft (719.8 m). It is preyed upon by other fishes, sea birds and marine mammals (Ref 114183).

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Spawns twice a year (Ref. 28499). Eggs are deposited in rock crevices and are guarded by the male who continuously fans the egg mass with his pectoral fin until hatching (Ref. 28499), which occurs after 40-45 days (Ref. 27369).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.7 - 6.1, mean 3.7 °C (based on 359 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7502   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00479 - 0.01820), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.28; tm=3.6; tmax=15).
Prior r = 0.20, 95% CL = 0.13 - 0.30, Based on 5 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 14.2 [8.0, 61.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.575 [0.216, 1.388] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [15.8, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.563 [0.245, 1.648] g/100g; Selenium = 22.1 [10.0, 53.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.08 [1.69, 29.21] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.477 [0.224, 0.884] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.