Summary ⁴

The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the Anoplopoma genus. In English, common names for it include sable (USA), butterfish (USA), black cod (USA, UK, Canada), blue cod (UK), bluefish (UK), candlefish (UK), coal cod (UK), coalfish (Canada), beshow, and skil(fish) (Canada), although many of these names also refer to other, u

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1. NOAA, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sablefish_resting_on_sediment.jpg
2. anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4sablefish_500.jpg
3. (c) Jennifer Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jennifer Long
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoplopoma_fimbria

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