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Anoplopoma fimbria (Pallas, 1814)

Sablefish
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Common names: Black cod, Charbonnier commun, Coalfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
Importance: commercial | Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Pacific coast (Ref. 6885). Caught with longlines and trawls and mainly prepared smoked (Ref. 6885). Also Refs. 4925, 93933, 95119, 95143.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Morue charbonnière, Bacalao negro, Угольная рыба, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Anoplopomatidae (Sablefishes)
Etymology: Anoplopoma: Greek, ana = up + Greek, oplon = shield + Greek, poma, -atos = cover (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 175 - 2740 m (Ref. 6793), usually 175 - 1450 m (Ref. 10935).   Deep-water; 64°N - 23°N, 141°E - 109°W

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