Editing Sablefish (section)

{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) 01 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = ''Anoplopoma fimbria''
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| taxon = Anoplopoma fimbria
| parent_authority = [[William Orville Ayres|Ayres]], 1859
| authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1814)
| synonyms = {{Specieslist
| Gadus fimbria | Pallas, 1814
| Anoplopoma merlangus | [[William Orville Ayres|Ayres]], 1859
| Scombrocottus salmoneus | Peters, 1872
}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Anoplopoma|fimbrata|month=August|year=2022}}</ref>
}}

The '''sablefish''' ('''''Anoplopoma fimbria''''') is one of two members of the [[fish]] family [[Anoplopomatidae]] and the [[monotypic|only species]] in the genus '''''Anoplopoma'''''.<ref name = Fishbase/> In [[English language|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''' ({{lang|th|ปลาหิมะ}}; Thailand), '''coalfish''' (Canada), '''beshow''', and '''skil''' (Canada), although many of these names also refer to other, unrelated, species.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=512&GenusName=Anoplopoma&SpeciesName=fimbria&StockCode=528|title=Common Names List - Anoplopoma fimbria|website=Fishbase.org|accessdate=12 October 2017}}</ref> The [[US 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/SEARCH_SEAFOOD/index.cfm?other=complete |title=Seafood List Search Returns |accessdate=2010-07-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717072441/http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/SEARCH_SEAFOOD/index.cfm?other=complete |archivedate=17 July 2010}}</ref> The sablefish is found in muddy sea beds in the [[North Pacific Ocean]] at depths of {{cvt|300|to|2700|m|-1}} and is commercially important to [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sonu|first=Sunee C.|date=October 2014|title=Supply and Market for Sablefish in Japan|url=https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/Assets/commercial/market-news/sablefishSupplyMarket2014.pdf|journal=NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS|volume=NOAA-TM-NMFS-WCR-102}}</ref><ref name=Burros>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/16/dining/the-fish-that-swam-uptown.html|title=The Fish That Swam Uptown|last=Burros|first=Marian|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331 |date=May 16, 2001|page=F1}}</ref>