Pleurogrammus

Pleurogrammus azonus

Pleurogrammus is a genus of fish from the group of relatives Gropp ( Cottales ). The two species of the genus live in the northern Pacific from the Pacific coast of Siberia and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk on Japan, the Kuril Islands, the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to Alaska and rarely come also to the southern California before.

Features

Pleurogrammus species are elongated fish. You can reach a length of 56-62 cm. The top of the head is marked by strong bony ridges. The head is partially scaly. The front part of the through hartstrahligen dorsal fin is separated by a recess from the rear part rayed. The anal fin is without spines, the caudal fin is forked. The number of vertebrae is 59 to 62 The fish have five side lines. Pleurogrammus species are greenish gray and banded.

Fins formula: Dorsal XXI-XXIV/24-30, Anal 23-32.

Way of life

Pleurogrammus - species of pelagic or sample table from the intertidal zone to depths of 500 meters. In contrast to other types of Hexagrammidae they are not territorial, but swarm -forming.

Species

  • Pleurogrammus azonus ( Jordan & Metz, 1913)
  • Pleurogrammus monopterygius ( Pallas, 1810)
Perciformes Sea of Okhotsk Fish fin David Starr Jordan FishBase
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