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Pleurogrammus azonus Jordan & Metz, 1913

Okhotsk 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 authors: Jordan & Metz.

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

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 240 m (Ref. 50610). Temperate; 61°N - 33°N, 119°E - 162°E (Ref. 54705)

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Northwest Pacific: Primorskii Krai in Russia, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Kuril Islands to Ibaraki Prefecture and Tsushima in Japan to the Yellow Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 27.3, range 25 - 31 cm
Max length : 62.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557); max. published weight: 1.8 kg (Ref. 115020); max. reported age: 12 years (Ref. 56527)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 59 - 62. Dorsal fin without notch, if present, very shallow. Lateral lines 5. Strongly developed ridges on the upper surface of the skull.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Juveniles form large schools near the surface; adults are benthic (Ref. 559). Utilized fresh, dried or salted and frozen; can be pan-fried and broiled (Ref. 9988).

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Female deposits egg mass in crevices or gravel in rocky coast less than 20 m depth. Male guards the eggs.

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Shinohara, G. and K. Amaoka, 1994. Stellistius katsukii Jordan et Tanaka, 1927, a junior synonym of Pleurogrammus azonus Jordan et Metz, 1913 (Scorpaeniformes: Hexagrammidae). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 40(4):487-490. (Ref. 11913)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes
FAO - Aquaculture systems: production; Fisheries: landings, species profile; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.7 - 20.5, mean 12.8 °C (based on 76 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7502   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00417 - 0.01659), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 4.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2-4).
Prior r = 0.65, 95% CL = 0.43 - 0.97, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 18.3 [8.6, 77.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.513 [0.185, 1.341] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [16.2, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.878 [0.399, 2.487] g/100g; Selenium = 18.6 [9.8, 44.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.3 [4.6, 44.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.574 [0.267, 1.117] mg/100g (wet weight);