Anoplopomatidae
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 Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria
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The sablefishes are a family, Anoplopomatidae of scorpaeniform fishes. 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 2,740 m. They are commercially important fishes, and are often given the market name blackcod.
[edit] Species
There are two species in two genera:
- Genus Anoplopoma
- Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria (Pallas, 1814).
- Genus Erilepis
- Skilfish, Erilepis zonifer (Lockington, 1880).
[edit] References
- "Anoplopomatidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
