Sablefish
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A Sablefish is a Scorpaeniform that ...
- AKA: Anoplopomatidae.
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Rockfish.
- See: Skilfish, Anoplopoma, Erilepis, Scorpaeniform, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Anoplopomatidae.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sablefish Retrieved:2020-5-12.
- The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the genus Anoplopoma. 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), coalfish (Canada), beshow, and skil (Canada), although many of these names also refer to other, unrelated, species. 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. The sablefish is found in muddy sea beds in the North Pacific Ocean at depths of and is commercially important to Japan.
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoplopomatidae Retrieved:2020-5-12.
- 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 . They are large fish, with the skilfish being up to in length. They are commercially important fishes, and are often given the market name black cod.