Anoplopomatidae | |
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Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Suborder: | Cottoidei |
Superfamily: | Anoplopomatoidea Quast, 1965[1] |
Family: | Anoplopomatidae D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 |
Genera | |
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Anoplopomatidae, the sablefishes, are a small family of ray-finned fishes classified within the order Scorpaeniformes. This family is the only family in the monotypic superfamily Anoplopomatoidea. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.