| Sablefish | |
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| Anoplopoma fimbria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anoplopomatidae |
| Genus: | Anoplopoma Ayres, 1859 |
| Species: | A. fimbria
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| Binomial name | |
| Anoplopoma fimbria (Pallas, 1814)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the genus Anoplopoma.[1] In English, common names for it include sable (US), butterfish (US), black cod (US, UK, Canada), blue cod (UK), bluefish (UK), candlefish (UK), coal cod (UK), snowfish (ปลาหิมะ; Thailand), coalfish (Canada), beshow, and skil (Canada), although many of these names also refer to other, unrelated, species.[2] The US Food and Drug Administration accepts only "sablefish" as the acceptable market name in the United States; "black cod" is considered a vernacular (regional) name and should not be used as a statement of identity for this species.[3] The sablefish is found in muddy sea beds in the North Pacific Ocean at depths of 300 to 2,700 m (980 to 8,860 ft) and is commercially important to Japan.[4][5]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anoplopoma fimbrata". FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ^ "Common Names List - Anoplopoma fimbria". Fishbase.org. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Seafood List Search Returns". Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ Sonu, Sunee C. (October 2014). "Supply and Market for Sablefish in Japan" (PDF). NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS. NOAA-TM-NMFS-WCR-102.
- ^ Burros, Marian (16 May 2001). "The Fish That Swam Uptown". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 March 2019.