Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 175–2740 m.
Scientific name: Anoplopoma fimbria · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 120 cm
The sablefish is an anoplopomatid of mud bottoms, recorded from 175 to 2,740 m, with adults over mud and young-of-the-year pelagic near the surface and inshore. It ranges across the North Pacific, from the Bering Sea coasts of Kamchatka and Alaska southward to southern Japan and Cedros Island in central Baja California. It feeds on crustaceans, worms and small fishes, and although generally localized, some juveniles have been found to migrate over 2,000 miles in six or seven years. Maximum length is about 120 cm total length, commonly about 80 cm, and it can live 94 years. It is a highly commercial species and a gamefish, most of the catch being marketed in Japan, and its liver oil is rich in vitamins A and D. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 49 of 100 and resilience very low, and climate vulnerability is high at 58 of 100.
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