Sablefish
Anoplopoma fimbria
- On view
- Into the Deep
- Animal type
- Fishes
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Lionfishes, sculpins; Order: Scorpaeniformes
- Diet
- Crustaceans, worms, squid, small fishes
- Range
- From the surface to 9,200 ft. (2,800 m) in the North Pacific Ocean
- Size
- Up to 39 inches (100 cm) in length
Meet the sablefish
These deep-sea dwellers grow slowly and mature later in life. This means fishermen must be especially careful not to overfish—catching fish faster than they can reproduce.
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