Anoplopomatidae

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Sablefishes
Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Anoplopomatidae
Genera
Anoplopoma Erilepis See text for species.

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. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.