Hexagrammos agrammus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
Spotty-bellied greenling
photo by Suzuki, T.

Family:  Hexagrammidae (Greenlings), subfamily: Hexagramminae
Max. size:  30 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine, oceanodromous
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: Japan, the Korean Peninsula and the Yellow Sea (Ref. 559); including off coast of Primorye (Russia) (Ref. 114081).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits seaweed beds of coastal waters. Juveniles occasionally seen among floating seaweed. A food fish; taken by angling (Ref. 559, 637).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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