Arabesque greenling

Pleurogrammus azonus

Sixty Two Centimeters Hexagrammid Fish from Japanese Waters

Green
Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Fusiform
Large
Temperate fish

The Okhotsk Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus azonus), also known as the Arabesque greenling, is a mackerel-like species in the family Hexagrammidae. It is commonly known as hokke (ホッケ) in Japan and imyeonsu in Korean. The primary population of the fish is found off the Sea of Okhotsk.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Hexagrammidae
Genus: Pleurogrammus
Maximum length: 62 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: 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.

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