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Common names: Atka mackerel, Atka mackerel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Alaska (Ref. 6793). Reported to be rare south of Alaska, occurrence reaches south to Redondo Beach, California (Ref. 2850, 6793, 114138).
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Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Pleurogramminae
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Common names from other countries

Терпуг северный одноперый, Terpuga atka, Lorcha de atka, ... more

Main reference

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann. 1983. (Ref. 2850)
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Size / Weight / Age

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)

Length at first maturity
L_m 32.5 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 720 m (Ref. 114138)

Climate / Range

Boreal, preferred ?; 64°N - 34°N, 130°E - 118°W

Distribution

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.
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Short description

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).

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).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.7502 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.4 ±0.0 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.28; tm=3.6; tmax=15)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Pallas, 1810)