Anoplopomatidae

Sablefishes
Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Anoplopomatidae
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883
Genera

Anoplopoma
Erilepis

The sablefishes are a family, Anoplopomatidae, of scorpaeniform fishes.[1] They are found in coastal waters of the north Pacific from Japan to California, where they live near the sea floor in deep water: the sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria, has been found down to 1,830 m (6,000 ft). They are large fish, with the skilfish being up to 180 cm (5.9 ft) in length.[2] They are commercially important fishes, and are often given the market name black cod.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Anoplopomatidae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 178. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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