Anoplopomatidae, the sablefishes, are a small family of ray-finned fishes classified within the order Scorpaeniformes. This family is the only family in the monotypic superfamily Anoplopomatoidea. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.
| Anoplopomatidae | |
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| Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Superfamily: | Anoplopomatoidea Quast, 1965[1] |
| Family: | Anoplopomatidae D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 |
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Taxonomy edit
Anoplopomatidae was first proposed as a family in 1883 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert.[2] In 1965 Jay C. Quast proposed that the sablefishes were so different from other members of the Cottoidei that they should be classified within their own superfamily, the Anoplopomatoidea.[1] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this superfamily within the suborder Cottoidei of the order Scorpaeniformes.[3] However, other authorities place it within the infraorder Anoplopomatales which is close to the infraorder Zoarcales at the base of the Cottoidei within the order Perciformes.[4]
Genera edit
Anoplopomatidae contains two monospecific genera:[5]
- Anoplopoma Ayres, 1859
- Erilepis Gill, 1894
Characteristics edit
Anoplopomatidae fishes have heads which lack spines, ridges, or cirri. They have two dorsal fins, the second dorsal fin having between 16 and 21 soft rays. The anal fin has three weak spines and between 11 and 19 soft rays. Their pelvic fins have a single spine and 5 soft rays, There are two well-developed nostrils on either side of the snout. The gill membranes are joined to isthmus. There is a single lateral line.[3] Of the two species in the family the sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) is the smaller attaining a maximum total length of 120 cm (47 in) while the skilfish (Erilepis zonifer) reaches 183 cm (72 in).[6]
Distribution edit
Anoplopomatidae species are both distributed in the North Pacific Ocean from Japan to the Bering Sea and along the western coast of North America especially California,[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Catherine W. Mecklenburg (2003). "Family Anoplopomatidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 sablefishes" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 2.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ a b c J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ^ Ricardo Betancur-R; Edward O. Wiley; Gloria Arratia; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (162): 162. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Anoplopomatidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2022). "Anoplopomatidae" in FishBase. August 2022 version.