Atka mackerel

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Atka mackerel  (atkə),USA pronunciation 
  1. Fisha black-banded mackerel, Pleurogrammus monopterygius, of northern Pacific seas.
  • named after Atka, an island in SW Alaska near the fishing grounds 1890–95

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