Okhotsk atka mackerel
The Okhotsk atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus azonus) commonly known as hokke in Japan, also known as the Arabesque greenling, is a mackerel-like species in the family Hexagrammidae.[1] The primary population of the fish is found off the Sea of Okhotsk. According to legend, it was discovered by Nichiji.
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Taxonomy
Pleurogrammus azonus is occasionally considered synonymous with the Atka mackerel, P. monopterygius (Nelson 1994). However, it is probably a separate species.[2] This fish was also documented as Stellistius katsukii but the older name Pleurogrammus azonus takes precedence.
As food
in tonnes from 1950 to 2009 [3]
The Okhotsk atka mackerel is an important fish, and approximately 100,000 tons of the species were harvested each year throughout the late 20th century. [3] In Japanese cuisine, it is known as hokke, the fish can be fresh, dried, or frozen, and can be served raw, boiled, grilled or fried.
Notes
- "Pleurogrammus azonus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
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- Crow, Karen D., Ziyusei Kanamoto, and Giacomo Bernardi. "Molecular phylogeny of the hexagrammid fishes using a multi-locus approach". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32 (2004) 986–997
- Pleurogrammus azonus (Jordan & Metz, 1913) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pleurogrammus azonus" in FishBase. March 2012 version.
- Nelson, J.S., 1994. Fishes of the World. Wiley, New York.
- Shinohara, G. and K. Amaoka, 1994. Stellistius katsukii Jordan & Tanaka, 1927, a junior synonym of Pleurogrammus azonus Jordan & Metz, 1913 (Scorpaeniformes: Hexagrammidae). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 40(4):487-490.
