Atka mackerel

Atka mackerel
	Atka mackerel caught near Homer, Alaska, USA
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Hexagrammidae
Genus:	Pleurogrammus
Species:	P. monopterygius
Binomial name
	Pleurogrammus monopterygius; (Pallas, 1810)
Synonyms
	Labrax monopterygius Pallas, 1810;

The Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) is a mackerel in the family Hexagrammidae. Atka mackerel are common in the northern Pacific Ocean, and are one of only two members of the genus Pleurogrammus – the other being the Arabesque greenling (Pleurogrammus azonus). The Atka mackerel was named for Atka Island (Atx̂ax̂^[1] in Aleut), the largest island of the Andreanof islands, a branch of the Aleutians.

^ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.