Anoplopomatidae

Anoplopomatidae
Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

  1. ^ Catherine W. Mecklenburg (2003). "Family Anoplopomatidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 sablefishes" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 2.