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Sablefish

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Anoplopomatidae
Genus:Anoplopoma
Genus:fimbria

The sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae. Found on muddy bottoms of the North Pacific from 300-2,700 meters deep, it is commercially important in Japan.

Other names seen in English include black cod, blue cod , bluefish, candlefish, and coalfish.

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