Okhotsk atka mackerel
Amazing fact
Male arabesque greenlings blow fresh seawater from their mouths onto eggs laid on rocks.
北海道立総合研究機構 稚内水産試験場
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Male arabesque greenlings blow fresh seawater from their mouths onto eggs laid on rocks.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Okhotsk atka mackerel
- Scientific name
- Pleurogrammus azonus
- Japanese name
- ホッケ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Family
- Hexagrammidae
- Genus
- Pleurogrammus
Where the name “Okhotsk atka mackerel” comes from
While roaming near the surface, young fish are called “aobokke,” or blue greenlings, for their blue bodies.
北海道It is common around Hokkaido and north of Tohoku, and also lives from Korea to Sakhalin and the Sea of Okhotsk.
How the Okhotsk atka mackerel lives
After hatching, greenlings from northern Hokkaido drift and travel near the sea surface. As they grow, they move down near the seabed and travel in groups over relatively flat areas. Later, they stop roaming and settle on rocky reefs. Males eat no food until the eggs hatch, driving away fish that come near.
北海道立総合研究機構 稚内水産試験場Basic data
- Range
- All coasts of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, southern Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril Islands, and elsewhere
Where the Okhotsk atka mackerel has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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Names around the world
- 日本語
- ホッケ
- 简体中文
- 远东多线鱼
- 繁體中文
- 遠東多線魚
- 한국어
- 임연수어
- Português (Brasil)
- Lorcha-de-Okhotsk
- Русский
- Южный однопёрый терпуг
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ホッケChecked: 2026-11-04
- 北海道立総合研究機構 稚内水産試験場 — ホッケの分類、形態、生態Checked: 2026-11-07
- 北海道 — ホッケ[𩸽]Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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