Sablefish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the sablefish lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Anoplopoma fimbria
Group	Bony fish
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Perciformes
Family	Anoplopomatidae

Where does the sablefish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sablefish in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the sablefish?

The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) is a ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes and the family Anoplopomatidae, genus Anoplopoma. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the sablefish

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), snowfish (ปลาหิมะ; Thailand), coalfish (Canada), beshow, and skil (Canada), although many of these names also refer to other, unrelated, species. The U.S. 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 300 to 2,700 m (980 to 8,860 ft) and is commercially important to Japan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sablefish (revision 1378745659), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1575272 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).