Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 0–720 m.
Scientific name: Pleurogrammus monopterygius · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 56.5 cm
The Atka mackerel is a demersal hexagrammid found in the demersal zone and near the surface over reefs and hard bottoms, from the intertidal zone down to about 720 m. It is preyed upon by other fishes, sea birds and marine mammals. Its range is the North Pacific, between the middle Kuril Islands and the Gulf of Alaska, including off the coast of eastern Sakhalin, the north of the Sea of Okhotsk, the waters of Hokkaido and the southern Kuril Islands, and north to Anadyr Bay. Maximum length is about 56.5 cm total length, and it can live 15 years, maturing at about 32.5 cm. It is a commercial species and a gamefish, with a low price category. Fishing vulnerability is low to moderate at 30 of 100 and resilience low, and climate vulnerability is moderate to high at 52 of 100; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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