Tabby cat the flanks and stomach. An "M" shape appears on the forehead, along with dark lines across the cat's cheeks to the corners of its eyes. Mackerels are also called 'fishbone tabbies', probably because they are named after the mackerel fish. Mackerel is the most common tabby pattern. The Classic (also known as "Blotched" or "Marbled") tabby tends to have a pattern of dark browns, ochres and black but also occurs in grey. Classic tabbies have the "M" pattern on their foreheads but the body markings have a whirled or swirled pattern (often called a "bullseye") on the cat's sides. There
Okhotsk atka mackerel "hokke" in Japanese, the fish can be fresh, dried, or frozen, and can be served raw, boiled, grilled or fried. Okhotsk atka mackerel The Okhotsk atka mackerel ("Pleurogrammus azonus") commonly known as hokke in Japan, also known as the Arabesque greenling, is a mackerel-like species in the family Hexagrammidae. The primary population of the fish is found off the Sea of Okhotsk. According to legend, it was discovered by Nichiji. "Pleurogrammus azonus" is occasionally considered synonymous with the Atka mackerel, "P. monopterygius" (Nelson 1994). However, it is probably a separate species. This fish was also documented as "Stellistius katsukii" but