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Sablefish

Anoplopoma fimbria

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 2,814, February 2,615, March 4,057, April 4,748, May 7,342, June 6,394, July 5,076, August 4,523, September 3,976, October 3,153, November 2,539, December 2,571.
Canada49,809
British Columbia49,808
United States38,229
Alaska37,793
California287
Washington103
Oregon46
Newfoundland and Labrador1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilySablefishes · Anoplopomatidae
GenusAnoplopoma

Sources

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