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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 1,830 metres (6,000 ft). They are large fish, with the skilfish being up to 180 centimetres (5.9 ft) in length. They are commercially important fishes, and are often given the market name blackcod. SpeciesThere are two species in two genera:
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GNU Free Documentation License  answers.com unknown Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:28:48 GM Anoplopomatidae. . TAXONOMY. Anoplopoma fimbria Pallas, 1811, San Francisco, United States. Family . Anoplopomatidae. placed either within suborder Hexagrammoidei or suborder Anoplopomatoidei. other common names ...  theslowcook.com Ed Bruske Fri, 22 May 2009 10:00:19 GM They are a member of the . Anoplopomatidae. family, a group of fish confined to the North Pacific. They range all along the Alaska basin, past the Aleutian Islands and around the Bering Sea. The Japanese first began fishing sablefish on a ...  metalfish.blog99.fc2.com Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:47:18 GM erilepis zonifer scorpaeniformes . anoplopomatidae. ... From Google Blog Search: "anoplopomatidae"  redorbit.com 240px x 320px | 22.40kB [source page] Credit Download full size image The Skilfish Erilepis zonifer is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the Erilepis genus Found on deep rocky bottoms in From Yahoo Image Search: "anoplopomatidae" |
