Anoplopomatidae

Taxobox
name = Sablefishes


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image_caption = Sablefish, "Anoplopoma fimbria"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Anoplopomatidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "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.

Species

There are two species in two genera:
* Genus "Anoplopoma"
** Sablefish, "Anoplopoma fimbria" (Pallas, 1814).
* Genus "Erilepis"
** Skilfish, "Erilepis zonifer" (Lockington, 1880).

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