FAMILY Details for Anoplopomatidae

Family Anoplopomatidae - Sablefishes
Order	:	Perciformes/Cottoidei
Class	:	Teleostei
No. in FishBase	:	Genera : 2 \| Species : 2 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment	:	Fresh : No \| Brackish : No \| Marine : Yes
Division	:	Marine
Aquarium	:	none
First Fossil Record	:	upper Tertiary middle Miocene	Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958
Remark	:	Distribution: North Pacific from Alaska to California and to Japan. Body moderately elongate and compressed. Head lacking ridges, spines, or cirri. Dorsal fins 2, the first with 12-30 spines and the second with 1 or 2 spines and 15-21 soft rays. Anal fin with 2 or 3 spines and 11-20 soft rays, located opposite second dorsal fin. Spines in second dorsal and anal fins small and embedded, difficult to discern. Pelvic fins thoracic, with 1 spine and 5 soft rays. Nostrils well-developed; 2 on each side. Scales ctenoid, very small, covering body and head and extending onto second dorsal, anal, caudal and pectoral fins. One lateral line canal, complete. Teeth small, even in size, and numerous; present on jaws, palatines and vomer. Gill membranes united, attached to isthmus. Branchiostegal rays 6 or 7. Swim bladder absent. Vertebrae 45-66. About 183 cm maximum length. Marine, demersal as adults, in fairly deep water. Juveniles typically found near the surface in relatively shallow water. Feeds on crustaceans, cephalopods, worms and other fishes. An important commercial species, in the fishery and market more commonly called as blackcod than sablefish. Also Ref. 245.
Etymology	:	Greek, anoplos, disarmed + Greek, pomas, -atos = cover ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild	:	nonguarders
Typical activity level	:	normal
Main Ref.	:	Mecklenburg, C.W. 2003
Coordinator	:
Deep Fin Classification	:	Osteichthyes \| Actinopterygii \| Actinopteri \| Neopterygii \| Teleostei \| Osteoglossocephalai \| Clupeocephala \| Euteleosteomorpha \| Neoteleostei \| Eurypterygia \| Ctenosquamata \| Acanthomorphata \| Acanthopterygii \| Percomorphaceae \| Eupercaria \| \| \| Perciformes \| Cottoidei \| Anoplopomatales \| Anoplopomatidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Anoplopomatidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name	Status	Senior/Junior synonym	Combination
Anoplopoma fimbria (Pallas, 1814)	accepted	senior	new
Gadus fimbria Pallas, 1814	synonym	senior	original
Anoplopoma merlangus Ayres, 1859	synonym	junior	original
Scombrocottus salmoneus Peters, 1872	synonym	junior	original
Erilepis zonifer (Lockington, 1880)	accepted	senior	new
Myriolepis zonifer Lockington, 1880	synonym	senior	original
! Erilepsis zonifera (Lockington, 1880)	synonym	senior	new
Ebisus sagamius Jordan & Snyder, 1901	synonym	junior	original