| Sablefish ( Anoplopoma fimbria ) |
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| Description | An elongate fish with 2 dorsal fins. Anal fin similar to and opposite 2nd dorsal fin. Scales small, weakly ctenoid. Adults are slaty black or greenish gray above; usually with slightly paler blotches or chainlike pattern on upper back; paler below. At 1-2 feet. (30-61 cm) often greenish, with faint stripes on back. Young under 6 in. (15 cm) are blue-black above; white below. |
| Size | To 102 cm( 40 inches), over 126 lb, but usually less than 76 cm (30 in.) and 25 lb. |
| Range/Habitat | Japan and Bering Sea to central Baja. |
| Depth | Wide-ranging often migratory. Adults on mud bottom at moderate depths - from 170 fm - 500 fm. to 1000 fm or deeper. Young in shallow water. |
| Remarks | An important commercial species caught in trawls and traps and on longlines. |
| Other common names | blackcod |
| Credits | Picture: Bill Barss, ODFWText: Peterson Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes, 1983. |