Okhotsk atka mackerel

The Okhotsk atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus azonus), also known as the Arabesque greenling, is a mackerel-like species in the family Hexagrammidae.[1] It is commonly known as hokke in Japan and imyeonsu in Korean. The primary population of the fish is found off the Sea of Okhotsk. According to legend, it was discovered by Nichiji.

Okhotsk atka mackerel
P. azonus in a tank
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Hexagrammidae
Genus:
Pleurogrammus
Species:
P. azonus
Binomial name
Pleurogrammus azonus
D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913

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
Commercial capture of Okhotsk atka mackerel
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] Known in Japanese cuisine as hokke and in Korean cuisine as imyeonsu (임연수), the fish can be fresh, dried, or frozen, and can be served raw, boiled, grilled or fried.

A Japanese dish made from the Okhotsk atka mackerel

Notes
  1. "Pleurogrammus azonus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. 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.
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